diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 5f62e24..2b69f62 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   named_scope :recent, lambda { |*args| {:conditions => ["created_at > ?", (args.first || Date.today.beginning_of_day)]} }
   named_scope :with_question, lambda { |*args| {:conditions => {:question_id => args.first }} }
   named_scope :with_voter_ids, lambda { |*args| {:conditions => {:voter_id=> args.first }} }
+  named_scope :active, :include => :choice, :conditions => { 'choices.active' => true }
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
index 422d5b2..e963f3d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ namespace :test_api do
 		error_bool = true
 	end
 
-	wins_by_choice_id = question.votes.count(:group => :choice_id)
-	losses_by_choice_id= question.votes.count(:conditions => "loser_choice_id IS NOT NULL", :group => :loser_choice_id)
+	wins_by_choice_id = question.votes.active.count(:group => :choice_id)
+	losses_by_choice_id= question.votes.active.count(:conditions => "loser_choice_id IS NOT NULL", :group => :loser_choice_id)
 
 	#Rails returns an ordered hash, which doesn't allow for blocks to change merging logic.
 	#A little hack to create a normal hash
@@ -89,11 +89,12 @@ namespace :test_api do
         
 	success_msg = "Conducted the following tests on API data and found no inconsistencies.\n" +
 			 "For each of the #{questions.length} questions in the database: \n" +
-			 "     2 x Total Wins = Total Votes " +
-			 "     Total Votes (wins + losses) is Even" +
-			 "     Total Votes (wins + losses) = 2 x the number of vote objects that belong to the question" +
-		         "     Total generated prompts on left = Total generated prompts on right" + 
-		         "     Each choice has appeared n times, where n falls within 6 stddevs of the mean number of appearances for a question"
+			 "     2 x Total Wins = Total Votes\n" +
+			 "     Total Votes (wins + losses) is Even\n" +
+			 "     Total Votes (wins + losses) = 2 x the number of vote objects that belong to the question\n" +
+		         "     Total generated prompts on left = Total generated prompts on right\n" + 
+		         "     Each choice has appeared n times, where n falls within 6 stddevs of the mean number of appearances for a question\n" +
+			 "             Note: this applies only to seed choices (not user submitted) and choices currently marked active\n"
 
 	print success_msg
 
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