diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index e46fe37153962f8d5e93a315b5c73f136a1bf08e..99628be1b6058284d776d74dfbd0b91f6118f4e4 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ function disableVotes(){
     //console.log("current poll is :", currentPoll);
     //console.log("startdate block is :", currentPoll.querySelector("solid-display-date[name=startDate]"));
   let dateSeparator = "/";
-  let startDate = currentPoll.querySelector("solid-display-date[name=startDate]").textContent;
-  startDate = startDate.split("/");
-  let endDate = currentPoll.querySelector("solid-display-date[name=endDate]").textContent;
-  let cleanEndDate = endDate.split("/");
+  let displayStartDate = currentPoll.querySelector("solid-display-date[name=startDate]").textContent;
+  startDate = displayStartDate.split("/");
+  let displayEndDate = currentPoll.querySelector("solid-display-date[name=endDate]").textContent;
+  let cleanEndDate = displayEndDate.split("/");
   
   cleanStartDate = startDate[1] +dateSeparator + startDate[0] +dateSeparator + startDate[2];
   cleanEndDate = cleanEndDate[1] +dateSeparator + cleanEndDate[0] +dateSeparator + cleanEndDate[2];
@@ -296,10 +296,10 @@ function disableVotes(){
   let submitButton = votingSection.querySelector("input[type=submit]");
   
   if (comparisonStartDate > date) {
-    let errorMessage = "This poll hasn't started yet, you can start voting on :" + startDate+".";
+    let errorMessage = "This poll hasn't started yet, you can start voting on :" + displayStartDate+".";
     deactivateButton(errorMessage);
   } else if(comparisonEndDate < date) {
-    let errorMessage = "This poll is closed since : " + endDate+".";
+    let errorMessage = "This poll is closed since : " + displayEndDate+".";
     deactivateButton(errorMessage);
   }
   else if(comparisonEndDate = date) {