# Create a poll (/polls/poll)















A poll is a question with answers members vote on. The settings on **Configuration** apply to every poll, including polls already running. Each poll then gets its own question, answers and schedule.

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Open poll Configuration [#open-poll-configuration]

    Open your [dashboard](https://tickety.top/dashboard) and pick your server. In the sidebar, under **Polls**, click **Configuration**.

        <img alt="Configuration under Polls in the sidebar" src="__img0" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Pick how members vote [#pick-how-members-vote]

    Under **Voting**, pick a **Vote Style**. **Buttons** puts a vote button next to each answer, and fits up to 18 answers. **Dropdown** puts the answers in one menu, and fits up to 25.

        <img alt="Vote Style under Voting" src="__img1" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Set who may vote [#set-who-may-vote]

    Under **Vote Requirements**:

        <img alt="Required Roles and Blocked Roles" src="__img2" />

    1. Open **Required Roles** and pick the roles a member needs to vote. Leave it on **Anyone can vote** to let everyone in.
    2. Open **Blocked Roles** and pick roles that may never vote. A blocked role wins over a required one.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Save [#save]

    Press **Save Changes** in the bar at the bottom of the page.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Start a new poll [#start-a-new-poll]

    In the sidebar, under **Polls**, click **Poll Management**, then press **Create New Poll**. A form opens, one step at a time.

        <img alt="Create New Poll on the Poll Management page" src="__img3" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Ask the question [#ask-the-question]

    On the **Question** step, type the **Question**, up to 256 characters, and pick the **Poll Channel** it is posted in. **Description** and **Announcement Ping** are there if you want them. Press **Continue**.

        <img alt="The Question step" src="__img4" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Add the answers [#add-the-answers]

    On the **Answers** step, type at least two answers. Press **Add Answer** for more. Press **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Decide how voting works [#decide-how-voting-works]

    On the **Voting** step, the roles start with your defaults. **Allow Vote Changes** is on, so members can change their vote. **Anonymous Voting** hides who voted for what. **Results Visibility** 👑 can hide the results until someone votes or the poll closes, and **Votes Per Member** 👑 lets members pick more than one answer. Press **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Pick when it runs [#pick-when-it-runs]

    On the **Schedule** step, pick **Post It Now** or **Post It at a Time**, then how long it **Runs For**. **Repeat This Poll** posts it again on a schedule. Press **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Create it [#create-it]

    On the **Review** step, check the summary and press **Create Poll**. Once it is posted, it looks like this in Discord:

        <img alt="A posted poll with vote buttons and live results in Discord" src="__img5" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## It did not work? [#it-did-not-work]

<Accordions>
  <Accordion title="Tickety could not post the poll in that channel">
    Give Tickety's role View Channel and Send Messages in that channel.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="You have reached the limit of active polls">
    Your server already runs or has scheduled as many polls as it can. End a poll first.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="This poll runs for longer than your plan allows">
    Pick a shorter time in **Runs For**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Members see Missing Role, Missing Roles or Blocked Role">
    They do not meet the roles. The server's roles from **Configuration** and the poll's own roles both apply.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Vote Already Cast">
    **Allow Vote Changes** is off for this poll.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Poll Closed">
    The poll has ended.
  </Accordion>
</Accordions>

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</Callout>