As far as I know, we do. Did the votes come in on the post itself, or did it come in on a new comment? There is the STEEM evergreen project (not remembering what it's called, that is seeking to keep paying users (not sure how it's been doing though).

The other answer could be that the group of votes just simply don't know what they're doing, and are essentially wasting their votes.

My son and his family are moving in with his inlaws after spending some time with us. The inlaws live about 25 minutes away, so they'll still be close.