in game votes now provoke an action button, even as a ghost or a new_player on the title screen

code/_onclick/hud/action_button.dm

@@ -60,21 +60,13 @@
 	closeToolTip(usr)
 
 
-
-//used to update the buttons icon.
 /mob/proc/update_action_buttons_icon()
-	return
-
-/mob/living/update_action_buttons_icon()
 	for(var/X in actions)
 		var/datum/action/A = X
 		A.UpdateButtonIcon()
 
 //This is the proc used to update all the action buttons.
 /mob/proc/update_action_buttons(reload_screen)
-	return
-
-/mob/living/update_action_buttons(reload_screen)
 	if(!hud_used || !client)
 		return
 

code/controllers/subsystem/voting.dm

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 	var/list/choices = list()
 	var/list/voted = list()
 	var/list/voting = list()
+	var/list/generated_actions = list()
 
 /datum/subsystem/vote/New()
 	NEW_SS_GLOBAL(SSvote)
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 	choices.Cut()
 	voted.Cut()
 	voting.Cut()
+	remove_action_buttons()
 
 /datum/subsystem/vote/proc/get_result()
 	//get the highest number of votes
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 	else
 		text += "<b>Vote Result: Inconclusive - No Votes!</b>"
 	log_vote(text)
+	remove_action_buttons()
 	world << "\n<font color='purple'>[text]</font>"
 	return .
 
@@ -186,6 +189,10 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 		log_vote(text)
 		world << "\n<font color='purple'><b>[text]</b>\nType <b>vote</b> or click <a href='?src=\ref[src]'>here</a> to place your votes.\nYou have [config.vote_period/10] seconds to vote.</font>"
 		time_remaining = round(config.vote_period/10)
+		for(var/client/C in clients)
+			var/datum/action/vote/V = new
+			V.Grant(C.mob)
+			generated_actions += V
 		return 1
 	return 0
 
@@ -271,6 +278,11 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 			submit_vote(round(text2num(href_list["vote"])))
 	usr.vote()
 
+/datum/subsystem/vote/proc/remove_action_buttons()
+	for(var/datum/action/vote/V in generated_actions)
+		if(!qdeleted(V))
+			V.Remove(V.owner)
+	generated_actions = list()
 
 /mob/verb/vote()
 	set category = "OOC"
@@ -281,3 +293,14 @@ var/datum/subsystem/vote/SSvote
 	popup.set_content(SSvote.interface(client))
 	popup.open(0)
 
+/datum/action/vote
+	name = "Vote!"
+	button_icon_state = "vote"
+
+/datum/action/vote/Trigger()
+	if(owner)
+		owner.vote()
+		Remove(owner)
+
+/datum/action/vote/IsAvailable()
+	return 1

code/datums/action.dm

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	var/button_icon = 'icons/mob/actions.dmi'
 	var/button_icon_state = "default"
 	var/background_icon_state = "bg_default"
-	var/mob/living/owner
+	var/mob/owner
 
 /datum/action/New(Target)
 	target = Target
@@ -29,23 +29,23 @@
 	button = null
 	return ..()
 
-/datum/action/proc/Grant(mob/living/L)
+/datum/action/proc/Grant(mob/M)
 	if(owner)
-		if(owner == L)
+		if(owner == M)
 			return
 		Remove(owner)
-	owner = L
-	L.actions += src
-	if(L.client)
-		L.client.screen += button
-	L.update_action_buttons()
+	owner = M
+	M.actions += src
+	if(M.client)
+		M.client.screen += button
+	M.update_action_buttons()
 
-/datum/action/proc/Remove(mob/living/L)
-	if(L.client)
-		L.client.screen -= button
+/datum/action/proc/Remove(mob/M)
+	if(M.client)
+		M.client.screen -= button
 	button.moved = FALSE //so the button appears in its normal position when given to another owner.
-	L.actions -= src
-	L.update_action_buttons()
+	M.actions -= src
+	M.update_action_buttons()
 	owner = null
 
 /datum/action/proc/Trigger()
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 		owner << "<span class='notice'>Research analyzer is now [owner.research_scanner ? "active" : "deactivated"].</span>"
 		return 1
 
-/datum/action/item_action/toggle_research_scanner/Remove(mob/living/L)
+/datum/action/item_action/toggle_research_scanner/Remove(mob/M)
 	if(owner)
 		owner.research_scanner = 0
 	..()