diff --git a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
index 8c075f6902..bd92462615 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ if Backbone?
       closed: (closed) ->
         @updateButtonState(".action-close", closed)
         @$(".post-label-closed").toggleClass("is-hidden", not closed)
+        @$(".action-vote").toggle(not closed)
+        @$(".display-vote").toggle(closed)
     })
 
     toggleSecondaryActions: (event) =>
diff --git a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
index f8af5dd359..2efd220d09 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ if Backbone?
         @$('.comment-form').closest('li').toggle(not closed)
         @$(".action-vote").toggle(not closed)
         @$(".display-vote").toggle(closed)
-#        @$(".display-vote").toggle(closed)
         @renderAddResponseButton()
     })
 
@@ -260,6 +259,7 @@ if Backbone?
       comment = new Comment(body: body, created_at: (new Date()).toISOString(), username: window.user.get("username"), votes: { up_count: 0 }, abuse_flaggers:[], endorsed: false, user_id: window.user.get("id"))
       comment.set('thread', @model.get('thread'))
       @renderResponseToList(comment, ".js-response-list")
+      @renderAttrs()
       @model.addComment()
       @renderAddResponseButton()
 
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/discussion.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/discussion.py
index d7c62313e3..b26c1e066a 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/discussion.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/discussion.py
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ class DiscussionTabSingleThreadPage(CoursePage):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return getattr(self.thread_page, name)
 
+    def close_open_thread(self):
+        with self.thread_page._secondary_action_menu_open(".forum-thread-main-wrapper"):
+            self._find_within(".forum-thread-main-wrapper .action-close").first.click()
+
 
 class InlineDiscussionPage(PageObject):
     url = None
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/discussion/test_discussion.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/discussion/test_discussion.py
index 68d6e5f143..9a62f97253 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/discussion/test_discussion.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/discussion/test_discussion.py
@@ -152,6 +152,56 @@ class DiscussionTabSingleThreadTest(UniqueCourseTest, DiscussionResponsePaginati
         self.assertFalse(self.thread_page.is_show_comments_visible(response_id))
 
 
+@attr('shard_1')
+class DiscussionOpenClosedThreadTest(UniqueCourseTest):
+    """
+    Tests for checking the display of attributes on open and closed threads
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DiscussionOpenClosedThreadTest, self).setUp()
+
+        # Create a course to register for
+        CourseFixture(**self.course_info).install()
+        self.thread_id = "test_thread_{}".format(uuid4().hex)
+
+    def setup_user(self, roles=[]):
+        roles_str = ','.join(roles)
+        self.user_id = AutoAuthPage(self.browser, course_id=self.course_id, roles=roles_str).visit().get_user_id()
+
+    def setup_view(self, **thread_kwargs):
+        view = SingleThreadViewFixture(
+            Thread(id=self.thread_id, **thread_kwargs)
+        )
+        view.addResponse(Response(id="response1"))
+        view.push()
+
+    def setup_openclosed_thread_page(self, closed=False):
+        self.setup_user(roles=['Moderator'])
+        if closed:
+            self.setup_view(closed=True)
+        else:
+            self.setup_view()
+        page = DiscussionTabSingleThreadPage(self.browser, self.course_id, self.thread_id)
+        page.visit()
+        page.close_open_thread()
+        return page
+
+    def test_originally_open_thread_vote_display(self):
+        page = self.setup_openclosed_thread_page()
+        self.assertFalse(page._is_element_visible('.forum-thread-main-wrapper .action-vote'))
+        self.assertTrue(page._is_element_visible('.forum-thread-main-wrapper .display-vote'))
+        self.assertFalse(page._is_element_visible('.response_response1 .action-vote'))
+        self.assertTrue(page._is_element_visible('.response_response1 .display-vote'))
+
+    def test_originally_closed_thread_vote_display(self):
+        page = self.setup_openclosed_thread_page(True)
+        self.assertTrue(page._is_element_visible('.forum-thread-main-wrapper .action-vote'))
+        self.assertFalse(page._is_element_visible('.forum-thread-main-wrapper .display-vote'))
+        self.assertTrue(page._is_element_visible('.response_response1 .action-vote'))
+        self.assertFalse(page._is_element_visible('.response_response1 .display-vote'))
+
+
 @attr('shard_1')
 class DiscussionCommentDeletionTest(UniqueCourseTest):
     """