diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 2816eb01a..c3fd164c1 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ consvar_t cv_renderview = {"renderview", "On", 0, CV_OnOff, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL,
 consvar_t cv_vhseffect = {"vhspause", "On", CV_SAVE, CV_OnOff, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
 consvar_t cv_shittyscreen = {"televisionsignal", "Okay", CV_NOSHOWHELP, shittyscreen_cons_t, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
 
+static CV_PossibleValue_t votescale_cons_t[] = {{0, "Vanilla"}, {1, "Adaptive"}, {1, "VerticalFill"}, {1, "HorizontalFill"}, {0, NULL}};
+consvar_t cv_votebgscaling = {"votebgscaling", "Adaptive", CV_SAVE, votescale_cons_t, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
+
 static void Highreshudscale_OnChange(void);
 static CV_PossibleValue_t highreshudscale_cons_t[] = {{4*FRACUNIT/5, "MIN"}, {4*FRACUNIT/3, "MAX"}, {0, NULL}};
 consvar_t cv_highreshudscale = {"highreshudscale", "1", CV_SAVE|CV_FLOAT|CV_CALL|CV_NOINIT|CV_NOSHOWHELP, highreshudscale_cons_t, Highreshudscale_OnChange, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
@@ -216,6 +219,8 @@ void SCR_Startup(void)
 	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_bsaturation);
 	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_msaturation);
 
+	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_votebgscaling);
+
 	V_SetPalette(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/screen.h b/src/screen.h
index 4a97e159b..224897def 100644
--- a/src/screen.h
+++ b/src/screen.h
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ extern consvar_t cv_timescale;
 
 extern consvar_t cv_alwaysgrabmouse;
 
+extern consvar_t cv_votebgscaling;
+
 // quick fix for tall/short skies, depending on bytesperpixel
 extern void (*walldrawerfunc)(void);
 
diff --git a/src/v_video.c b/src/v_video.c
index 738d629f9..ed16a2356 100644
--- a/src/v_video.c
+++ b/src/v_video.c
@@ -1562,38 +1562,13 @@ void V_DrawPatchFill(patch_t *pat)
 	}
 }
 
-// Draws a patch and scales it to fill out the screen vertically while remaining centered
-/*void V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
-{
-	fixed_t scale = FixedDiv(vid.height << FRACBITS, patch->height << FRACBITS);
-	fixed_t x = ((vid.width << FRACBITS) - FixedMul(patch->width << FRACBITS, scale)) / 2; // i fucking hate maths
-	V_DrawFixedPatch(x, 0, scale, V_NOSCALEPATCH, patch, NULL);
-}
-
-void V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
-{
-	fixed_t scale = FixedDiv(vid.width << FRACBITS, patch->width << FRACBITS);
-
-	fixed_t scaled_height = FixedMul(patch->height << FRACBITS, scale);
-
-	fixed_t y = (vid.height << FRACBITS) - scaled_height;
-
-	if (scaled_height < (vid.height << FRACBITS))
-	{
-		y /= 2;
-	}
-
-	V_DrawFixedPatch(0, y, scale, V_NOSCALEPATCH, patch, NULL);
-}*/
-
-void V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
+// Draws a patch and tries to always fill the screen with the patch
+void V_DrawAdaptiveScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
 {
 	fixed_t x = 0, y = 0, scale = FRACUNIT;
 
-	//scale = FixedDiv(vid.width << FRACBITS, patch->width << FRACBITS); // fit the screen horizontally
 	scale = ((vid.width * FRACUNIT) / patch->width); // fit the screen horizontally
 
-
 	fixed_t scaled_height = FixedMul(patch->height << FRACBITS, scale);
 
 	// however, if this means the patch doesent fill out the screen vertically then
@@ -1608,6 +1583,33 @@ void V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
 	V_DrawFixedPatch(x, y, scale, V_NOSCALEPATCH, patch, NULL);
 }
 
+// Draws a patch and scales it to fill out the screen vertically while remaining centered
+void V_DrawVerticallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
+{
+	fixed_t scale = ((vid.height * FRACUNIT) / patch->height);
+	fixed_t x = ((vid.width << FRACBITS) - FixedMul(patch->width << FRACBITS, scale)) / 2; // i fucking hate maths
+	V_DrawFixedPatch(x, 0, scale, V_NOSCALEPATCH, patch, NULL);
+}
+
+// Draws a patch and scales it to fill out the screen horizontally
+// centers the patch when its too small to fit the screen vertically
+void V_DrawHorizontallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch)
+{
+	fixed_t scale = ((vid.width * FRACUNIT) / patch->width);
+
+	fixed_t scaled_height = FixedMul(patch->height << FRACBITS, scale);
+
+	fixed_t y = (vid.height << FRACBITS) - scaled_height;
+
+	// center it if it does not fit the screen vertically
+	if (scaled_height < (vid.height << FRACBITS))
+	{
+		y /= 2;
+	}
+
+	V_DrawFixedPatch(0, y, scale, V_NOSCALEPATCH, patch, NULL);
+}
+
 void V_DrawVhsEffect(boolean rewind)
 {
 	static fixed_t upbary = 100*FRACUNIT, downbary = 150*FRACUNIT;
diff --git a/src/v_video.h b/src/v_video.h
index 6b695b9c1..3a8cf7396 100644
--- a/src/v_video.h
+++ b/src/v_video.h
@@ -282,7 +282,10 @@ typedef struct player_s player_t;
 void V_DoPostProcessor(INT32 view, INT32 param);
 
 void V_DrawPatchFill(patch_t *pat);
-void V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch);
+
+void V_DrawAdaptiveScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch);
+void V_DrawVerticallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch);
+void V_DrawHorizontallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch_t *patch);
 
 void VID_BlitLinearScreen(const UINT8 *srcptr, UINT8 *destptr, INT32 width, INT32 height, size_t srcrowbytes,
 	size_t destrowbytes);
diff --git a/src/y_inter.c b/src/y_inter.c
index 4aaf60bb8..6d252eea5 100644
--- a/src/y_inter.c
+++ b/src/y_inter.c
@@ -906,6 +906,28 @@ static void Y_UnloadData(void)
 
 // SRB2Kart: Voting!
 
+static void Y_DrawVoteBackground(patch_t *patch)
+{
+	switch (cv_votebgscaling.value)
+	{
+		case 1: // adaptive
+			V_DrawAdaptiveScaledFullScreenPatch(patch);
+			break;
+		case 2: // vertical-fill
+			V_DrawVerticallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch);
+			break;
+		case 3: // horizontal-fill
+			V_DrawHorizontallyScaledFullScreenPatch(patch);
+			break;
+		case 0: // vanilla
+		default:
+			V_DrawScaledPatch(((vid.width/2) / vid.dupx) - (patch->width/2),
+							  (vid.height / vid.dupy) - patch->height,
+							  V_SNAPTOTOP|V_SNAPTOLEFT, patch);
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
 // Y_DrawAnimatedVoteScreenPatch
 //
 // Draw animated patch based on frame counter on vote screen
@@ -923,7 +945,7 @@ static void Y_DrawAnimatedVoteScreenPatch(boolean widePatch)
 
 	votebg = W_CachePatchName(va("%s%d", tempAnimPrefix, currentAnimFrame + 1), PU_PATCH);
 
-	V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(votebg);
+	Y_DrawVoteBackground(votebg);
 
 	if (renderisnewtic && (votetic % 2 == 0) && !paused)
 		currentAnimFrame = (currentAnimFrame + 1 > tempFoundAnimVoteFrames) ? 0 : (currentAnimFrame + 1);
@@ -952,7 +974,7 @@ static void Y_DrawVoteScreenPatch(void)
 		votebg = widebgpatch;
 	}
 
-	V_DrawCenteredScaledFullScreenPatch(votebg);
+	Y_DrawVoteBackground(votebg);
 }
 
 //