Careful when going through these steps! If the topic with the votes is closed by accident, the votes will disappear and be redistributed to their owners.
I almost did this with no less than MIDI comping. In fact I hit “close” and I even saw an instant notification related to the votes, but I realized my mistake and within 1-2 seconds reopened the topic. The votes are still there. Phew! Maybe they don’t go away that easily, but I’d rather don’t test.