diff --git a/test/flick/ranked_voting_test.exs b/test/flick/ranked_voting_test.exs
index 48771f4..2775d7f 100644
--- a/test/flick/ranked_voting_test.exs
+++ b/test/flick/ranked_voting_test.exs
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ defmodule Flick.RankedVotingTest do
 
   describe "create_vote/2" do
     setup do
-      ballot =
+      prepublished_ballot =
         ballot_fixture(
           question_title: "What's for dinner?",
           possible_answers: "Pizza, Tacos, Sushi, Burgers"
         )
 
-      {:ok, ballot} = RankedVoting.publish_ballot(ballot)
+      {:ok, ballot} = RankedVoting.publish_ballot(prepublished_ballot)
 
       {:ok, published_ballot: ballot}
     end
diff --git a/test/flick_web/live/vote/vote_capture_live_test.exs b/test/flick_web/live/vote/vote_capture_live_test.exs
index 46cc761..137b713 100644
--- a/test/flick_web/live/vote/vote_capture_live_test.exs
+++ b/test/flick_web/live/vote/vote_capture_live_test.exs
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ defmodule FlickWeb.Vote.VoteCaptureLiveTest do
   alias Flick.RankedVoting.Ballot
 
   setup ~M{conn} do
-    ballot =
+    prepublished_ballot =
       ballot_fixture(%{
         question_title: "What movie should we go see?",
         possible_answers: "Hackers, Sneakers, WarGames, The Matrix, Tron",
         url_slug: "movie-night"
       })
 
-    {:ok, ballot} = Flick.RankedVoting.publish_ballot(ballot)
+    {:ok, ballot} = Flick.RankedVoting.publish_ballot(prepublished_ballot)
 
     {:ok, view, _html} = live(conn, ~p"/ballot/movie-night")
     ~M{conn, view, ballot}