Use with_lock instead of lock!

That way the record is only locked while necessary.

app/models/budget/ballot/line.rb

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ class Budget
       before_validation :set_denormalized_ids
 
       def check_enough_resources
-        ballot.lock!
+        ballot.with_lock do
-
           unless ballot.enough_resources?(investment)
             errors.add(:resources, ballot.not_enough_resources_error)
           end
         end
+      end
 
       def check_valid_heading
         return if ballot.valid_heading?(heading)

app/models/poll/answer.rb

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ class Poll::Answer < ApplicationRecord
     def max_votes
       return if !question || !author || persisted?
 
-      author.lock!
+      author.with_lock do
-
         if question.answers.by_author(author).count >= question.max_votes
           errors.add(:answer, "Maximum number of votes per user exceeded")
         end
       end
+    end
 end