Since June 2024, we can cast a close vote on bountied questions: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/400969. However, the script still blocks such request as it has not been updated to reflect that change: <img width="1043" height="506" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7182b63e-294e-4337-9ccc-5f731b89c2f0" />
Since June 2024, we can cast a close vote on bountied questions: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/400969.
However, the script still blocks such request as it has not been updated to reflect that change: