diff --git a/cmd/goyco/commands/seed.go b/cmd/goyco/commands/seed.go
index 5bbb6c1..80374f9 100644
--- a/cmd/goyco/commands/seed.go
+++ b/cmd/goyco/commands/seed.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func seedDatabase(userRepo repositories.UserRepository, postRepo repositories.Po
 		progress.Complete()
 	}
 
-	if err := validateSeedConsistency(postRepo, voteRepo, allUsers, posts); err != nil {
+	if err := validateSeedConsistency(voteRepo, allUsers, posts); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("seed consistency validation failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -280,32 +280,65 @@ func getVoteCounts(voteRepo repositories.VoteRepository, postID uint) (int, int,
 	return voteRepo.GetVoteCountsByPostID(postID)
 }
 
-func validateSeedConsistency(postRepo repositories.PostRepository, voteRepo repositories.VoteRepository, users []database.User, posts []database.Post) error {
-	userIDs := make(map[uint]bool)
+func validateSeedConsistency(voteRepo repositories.VoteRepository, users []database.User, posts []database.Post) error {
+	userIDSet := make(map[uint]struct{}, len(users))
 	for _, user := range users {
-		userIDs[user.ID] = true
+		userIDSet[user.ID] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	postIDSet := make(map[uint]struct{}, len(posts))
+	for _, post := range posts {
+		postIDSet[post.ID] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
 	for _, post := range posts {
-		if post.AuthorID == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("post %d has no author", post.ID)
-		}
-		if !userIDs[*post.AuthorID] {
-			return fmt.Errorf("post %d has invalid author ID %d", post.ID, *post.AuthorID)
+		if err := validatePost(post, userIDSet); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 
 		votes, err := voteRepo.GetByPostID(post.ID)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("get votes for post %d: %w", post.ID, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve votes for post %d: %w", post.ID, err)
 		}
 
-		for _, vote := range votes {
-			if vote.UserID != nil && !userIDs[*vote.UserID] {
-				return fmt.Errorf("vote %d has invalid user ID %d", vote.ID, *vote.UserID)
-			}
-			if vote.PostID != post.ID {
-				return fmt.Errorf("vote %d has invalid post ID %d (expected %d)", vote.ID, vote.PostID, post.ID)
-			}
+		if err := validateVotesForPost(post.ID, votes, userIDSet, postIDSet); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validatePost(post database.Post, userIDSet map[uint]struct{}) error {
+	if post.AuthorID == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("post %d has no author ID", post.ID)
+	}
+
+	if _, exists := userIDSet[*post.AuthorID]; !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("post %d references non-existent author ID %d", post.ID, *post.AuthorID)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateVotesForPost(postID uint, votes []database.Vote, userIDSet map[uint]struct{}, postIDSet map[uint]struct{}) error {
+	for _, vote := range votes {
+		if vote.PostID != postID {
+			return fmt.Errorf("vote %d references post ID %d but was retrieved for post %d", vote.ID, vote.PostID, postID)
+		}
+
+		if _, exists := postIDSet[vote.PostID]; !exists {
+			return fmt.Errorf("vote %d references non-existent post ID %d", vote.ID, vote.PostID)
+		}
+
+		if vote.UserID != nil {
+			if _, exists := userIDSet[*vote.UserID]; !exists {
+				return fmt.Errorf("vote %d references non-existent user ID %d", vote.ID, *vote.UserID)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if vote.Type != database.VoteUp && vote.Type != database.VoteDown {
+			return fmt.Errorf("vote %d has invalid type %q", vote.ID, vote.Type)
 		}
 	}