Have you upvoted anything at all in the last 24hrs?
If so, that is the reason.
If you stop up-voting, it can take up to 5 days to reach full power again.
My advice: your up vote isn't worth all that much. In fact, you can check it at http://www.steemnow.com and put in your user name. Currently, if you were at 100% your vote would still only be worth 0.01 SBD.
Until you reach approximately 500 Steem Power, you can't modify your voting power on the fly with each vote. So, until then, don't worry about your voting power and recharging. Just Vote away and use it to gain friends. That will be way way more valuable to you. Then in a few months or weeks when you reach 500 Steem Power, you can start being choosy with your voting power.
Hope this helps. This is new to me too. I've just discovered these things in the last couple of days.
STEEM ON!!!
Ok sounds good thanx for the info ...I've been in detox for the last 3 days lol time to STEEM ON!!! lol
What are you detoxing from? Personal question? Yes. But those are the best kinds of questions! amiright?
from not being on steemit for 3 days when i should have lol lesson learned :)
actually up to 75% now on 6 votes THANX a bunch :)
This is probably the best advice I've seen for brand new Steemit users. Bravo!
whoops, I think i did the old double click the follow then unfollow button
Thank you! I don't know how in the world you found this post! lol!
I followed @kersmash down the rabbit hole because he left a comment on my post. Saw yours and now I'm following you too. LOL That's the beauty of Steemit. You never know who you'll bump into next ;)
I did a post a couple days ago to help new users to explain steemit to their friends and family. I would love your input!
https://steemit.com/steem/@pippininja/where-does-the-money-come-from-no-advertisements-how-does-steemit-make-money