diff --git a/client/src/app/core/repositories/assignments/assignment-repository.service.ts b/client/src/app/core/repositories/assignments/assignment-repository.service.ts
index 794f7da79..77b234da2 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/repositories/assignments/assignment-repository.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/repositories/assignments/assignment-repository.service.ts
@@ -220,23 +220,15 @@ export class AssignmentRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeake
      */
     public async updateVotes(poll: Partial<AssignmentPoll>, originalPoll: ViewAssignmentPoll): Promise<void> {
         poll.options.sort((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
+
         const votes = poll.options.map(option => {
-            switch (poll.pollmethod) {
-                case 'votes':
-                    return { Votes: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'Votes').weight };
-                case 'yn':
-                    return {
-                        Yes: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'Yes').weight,
-                        No: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'No').weight
-                    };
-                case 'yna':
-                    return {
-                        Yes: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'Yes').weight,
-                        No: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'No').weight,
-                        Abstain: option.votes.find(v => v.value === 'Abstain').weight
-                    };
+            const voteObject = {};
+            for (const vote of option.votes) {
+                voteObject[vote.value] = vote.weight;
             }
+            return voteObject;
         });
+
         const data = {
             assignment_id: originalPoll.assignment_id,
             votes: votes,
@@ -246,6 +238,7 @@ export class AssignmentRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeake
             votesno: poll.votesno || null,
             votesvalid: poll.votesvalid || null
         };
+
         await this.httpService.put(`${this.restPollPath}${originalPoll.id}/`, data);
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll-dialog/assignment-poll-dialog.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll-dialog/assignment-poll-dialog.component.ts
index 13b281d1c..1fe9d7ac5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll-dialog/assignment-poll-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll-dialog/assignment-poll-dialog.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { UserRepositoryService } from 'app/core/repositories/users/user-repository.service';
 import { CalculablePollKey, PollVoteValue } from 'app/core/ui-services/poll.service';
+import { AssignmentPoll } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll';
 import { AssignmentPollOption } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll-option';
 import { AssignmentPollService, SummaryPollKey } from '../../services/assignment-poll.service';
 import { ViewAssignmentPoll } from '../../models/view-assignment-poll';
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ type summaryPollKey = 'votescast' | 'votesvalid' | 'votesinvalid' | 'votesno' |
     styleUrls: ['./assignment-poll-dialog.component.scss']
 })
 export class AssignmentPollDialogComponent {
+    /**
+     * The actual poll data to work on
+     */
+    public poll: AssignmentPoll;
+
     /**
      * The summary values that will have fields in the dialog
      */
@@ -62,7 +68,9 @@ export class AssignmentPollDialogComponent {
         private userRepo: UserRepositoryService
     ) {
         this.specialValues = this.pollService.specialPollVotes;
-        switch (this.data.pollmethod) {
+        this.poll = this.data.poll;
+
+        switch (this.poll.pollmethod) {
             case 'votes':
                 this.optionPollKeys = ['Votes'];
                 break;
@@ -104,7 +112,7 @@ export class AssignmentPollDialogComponent {
                 }
             );
         } else {
-            this.dialogRef.close(this.data);
+            this.dialogRef.close(this.poll);
         }
     }
 
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ export class AssignmentPollDialogComponent {
      * @param weight
      */
     public setSumValue(value: SummaryPollKey, weight: string): void {
-        this.data[value] = parseFloat(weight);
+        this.poll[value] = parseFloat(weight);
     }
 
     public getGridClass(): string {
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.html b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.html
index ebf258414..92e2766c0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.html
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
                         <span>{{ pollService.getLabel(key) | translate }}</span
                         >:
                     </div>
-                    <div>
+                    <div *ngIf="poll[key]">
                         {{ pollService.getSpecialLabel(poll[key]) | translate }}
                         <span *ngIf="!pollService.isAbstractValue(poll, key)">
                             ({{ pollService.getValuePercent(poll, key) }} %)
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.ts
index dffd51c9e..0d6dee5c0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export class AssignmentPollComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      */
     public enterVotes(): void {
         const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(AssignmentPollDialogComponent, {
-            data: this.poll.copy(),
+            data: this.poll,
             ...mediumDialogSettings
         });
         dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(result => {
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll.ts b/client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll.ts
index 23f805a74..ca89e297b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { AssignmentPoll, AssignmentPollWithoutNestedModels } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll';
-import { AssignmentPollOption } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll-option';
 import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-projectable-view-model';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { ViewAssignmentPollOption } from './view-assignment-poll-option';
@@ -33,24 +32,6 @@ export class ViewAssignmentPoll extends BaseProjectableViewModel<AssignmentPoll>
             getDialogTitle: () => 'TODO'
         };
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a copy with deep-copy on all changing numerical values,
-     * but intact uncopied references to the users
-     *
-     * TODO: This MUST NOT be done this way. Do not create ViewModels on your own...
-     */
-    public copy(): ViewAssignmentPoll {
-        const poll = new ViewAssignmentPoll(new AssignmentPoll(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.poll))));
-        (<any>poll)._options = this.options.map(option => {
-            const polloption = new ViewAssignmentPollOption(
-                new AssignmentPollOption(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(option.option)))
-            );
-            (<any>polloption)._user = option.user;
-            return polloption;
-        });
-        return poll;
-    }
 }
 
 export interface ViewAssignmentPoll extends AssignmentPollWithoutNestedModels {