diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index be1fc86e..dcfcb195 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Vote < ApplicationRecord
 
   has_paper_trail ignore: [:updated_at], meta: { conference_id: :conference_id }
 
-  validates :event, uniqueness: { scope: :user }
+  validates :user_id, uniqueness: { scope: :event_id }
 
   delegate :name, to: :user
 
diff --git a/spec/models/vote_spec.rb b/spec/models/vote_spec.rb
index f368af93..ee66603a 100644
--- a/spec/models/vote_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/vote_spec.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ describe Vote do
   let(:vote) { create(:vote, event: event, user: user) }
 
   describe 'validation' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:user_id).scoped_to(:event_id) }
+
     it 'has a valid factory' do
       expect(build(:vote)).to be_valid
     end
-
-    it 'validates uniqueness of event in scope of user' do
-      expect(build(:vote, event: vote.event, user: vote.user)).not_to be_valid
-    end
   end
 end