diff --git a/core/MenuManager.cpp b/core/MenuManager.cpp
index 23733e95..8a0e589c 100644
--- a/core/MenuManager.cpp
+++ b/core/MenuManager.cpp
@@ -692,3 +692,8 @@ void MenuManager::CancelVoting()
 {
 	s_VoteHandler.CancelVoting();
 }
+
+unsigned int MenuManager::GetRemainingVoteDelay()
+{
+	return s_VoteHandler.GetRemainingVoteDelay();
+}
diff --git a/core/MenuManager.h b/core/MenuManager.h
index 86c87759..74c2622b 100644
--- a/core/MenuManager.h
+++ b/core/MenuManager.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
 		unsigned int flags=0);
 	bool IsVoteInProgress();
 	void CancelVoting();
+	unsigned int GetRemainingVoteDelay();
 public: //IHandleTypeDispatch
 	void OnHandleDestroy(HandleType_t type, void *object);
 public:
diff --git a/core/MenuVoting.cpp b/core/MenuVoting.cpp
index 1d1b34ca..f63da673 100644
--- a/core/MenuVoting.cpp
+++ b/core/MenuVoting.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,49 @@
 #include "PlayerManager.h"
 #include "sourcemm_api.h"
 
+float g_next_vote = 0.0f;
+
+void OnVoteDelayChange(ConVar *cvar, const char *value);
+ConVar sm_vote_delay("sm_vote_delay",
+					 "30",
+					 0,
+					 "Sets the recommended time in between public votes",
+					 false,
+					 0.0,
+					 false,
+					 0.0,
+					 OnVoteDelayChange);
+
+void OnVoteDelayChange(ConVar *cvar, const char *value)
+{
+	/* See if the new vote delay isn't something we need to account for */
+	if (sm_vote_delay.GetFloat() < 1.0f)
+	{
+		g_next_vote = 0.0f;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* If there was never a last vote, ignore this change */
+	if (g_next_vote < 0.1f)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Subtract the original value, then add the new one. */
+	g_next_vote -= (float)atof(value);
+	g_next_vote += sm_vote_delay.GetFloat();
+}
+
+unsigned int VoteMenuHandler::GetRemainingVoteDelay()
+{
+	if (g_next_vote <= gpGlobals->curtime)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return (unsigned int)(g_next_vote - gpGlobals->curtime);
+}
+
 void VoteMenuHandler::OnSourceModAllInitialized()
 {
 	g_Players.AddClientListener(this);
@@ -46,6 +89,11 @@ void VoteMenuHandler::OnSourceModShutdown()
 	g_Players.RemoveClientListener(this);
 }
 
+void VoteMenuHandler::OnSourceModLevelChange(const char *mapName)
+{
+	g_next_vote = 0.0f;
+}
+
 unsigned int VoteMenuHandler::GetMenuAPIVersion2()
 {
 	return m_pHandler->GetMenuAPIVersion2();
@@ -81,6 +129,18 @@ bool VoteMenuHandler::StartVote(IBaseMenu *menu, unsigned int num_clients, int c
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	float fVoteDelay = sm_vote_delay.GetFloat();
+	if (fVoteDelay < 1.0)
+	{
+		g_next_vote = 0.0;
+	} else {
+		/* This little trick breaks for infinite votes!
+		 * However, we just ignore that since those 1) shouldn't exist and 
+		 * 2) people must be checking IsVoteInProgress() beforehand anyway.
+		 */
+		g_next_vote = gpGlobals->curtime + fVoteDelay + (float)max_time;
+	}
+
 	for (unsigned int i=0; i<num_clients; i++)
 	{
 		menu->Display(clients[i], max_time, this);
@@ -177,6 +237,18 @@ int SortVoteItems(const void *item1, const void *item2)
 
 void VoteMenuHandler::EndVoting()
 {
+	/* Set when the next delay ends.  We ignore cancellation because a menu
+	 * was, at one point, displayed, which is all that counts.  However, we
+	 * do re-calculate the time just in case the menu had no time limit.
+	 */
+	float fVoteDelay = sm_vote_delay.GetFloat();
+	if (fVoteDelay < 1.0)
+	{
+		g_next_vote = 0.0;
+	} else {
+		g_next_vote = gpGlobals->curtime + fVoteDelay;
+	}
+
 	if (m_bCancelled)
 	{
 		/* If we were cancelled, don't bother tabulating anything.
diff --git a/core/MenuVoting.h b/core/MenuVoting.h
index 6b0a1a8d..c0d44ccd 100644
--- a/core/MenuVoting.h
+++ b/core/MenuVoting.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class VoteMenuHandler :
 public: //SMGlobalClass
 	void OnSourceModAllInitialized();
 	void OnSourceModShutdown();
+	void OnSourceModLevelChange(const char *mapName);
 public: //IClientListener
 	void OnClientDisconnected(int client);
 public: //IMenuHandler
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public:
 	void CancelVoting();
 	IBaseMenu *GetCurrentMenu();
 	bool IsCancelling();
+	unsigned int GetRemainingVoteDelay();
 private:
 	void Reset(IMenuHandler *mh);
 	void DecrementPlayerCount();
diff --git a/core/smn_menus.cpp b/core/smn_menus.cpp
index 9e70a386..7ec21eff 100644
--- a/core/smn_menus.cpp
+++ b/core/smn_menus.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "HandleSys.h"
 #include "PluginSys.h"
 #include "sm_stringutil.h"
+#include "sourcemm_api.h"
 #if defined MENU_DEBUG
 #include "Logger.h"
 #endif
@@ -1324,6 +1325,11 @@ static cell_t SetVoteResultCallback(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *para
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static cell_t CheckVoteDelay(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *params)
+{
+	return g_Menus.GetRemainingVoteDelay();
+}
+
 REGISTER_NATIVES(menuNatives)
 {
 	{"AddMenuItem",				AddMenuItem},
@@ -1331,6 +1337,7 @@ REGISTER_NATIVES(menuNatives)
 	{"CancelClientMenu",		CancelClientMenu},
 	{"CancelMenu",				CancelMenu},
 	{"CancelVote",				CancelVote},
+	{"CheckVoteDelay",			CheckVoteDelay},
 	{"CreateMenu",				CreateMenu},
 	{"CreateMenuEx",			CreateMenuEx},
 	{"CreatePanel",				CreatePanel},
diff --git a/plugins/include/menus.inc b/plugins/include/menus.inc
index 53b464d0..bbfdd9d0 100644
--- a/plugins/include/menus.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/menus.inc
@@ -458,6 +458,15 @@ functag VoteHandler public(Handle:menu,
  */
 native SetVoteResultCallback(Handle:menu, VoteHandler:callback);
 
+/**
+ * Returns the number of seconds you should "wait" before displaying
+ * a publicly invocable menu.  This number is the time remaining until
+ * (last_vote + sm_vote_delay).
+ *
+ * @return					Number of seconds to wait, or 0 for none.
+ */
+native CheckVoteDelay();
+
 /**
  * Returns a style's global Handle.
  *
diff --git a/public/IMenuManager.h b/public/IMenuManager.h
index 99622d48..ce12fa0e 100644
--- a/public/IMenuManager.h
+++ b/public/IMenuManager.h
@@ -807,6 +807,14 @@ namespace SourceMod
 		 * @brief Cancels the vote in progress.  This calls IBaseMenu::Cancel().
 		 */
 		virtual void CancelVoting() =0;
+
+		/**
+		 * @brief Returns the remaining vote delay from the last menu.  This delay is 
+		 * a suggestion for all public votes, and is not enforced.
+		 *
+		 * @return				Number of seconds to wait.
+		 */
+		virtual unsigned int GetRemainingVoteDelay() =0;
 	};
 }