> ## Documentation Index
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# Polls and events

> Vote in a company poll and tell your team whether you will attend an event.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/sNYQaAALZ14vu-94/images/cover/overview-polls-and-events-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sNYQaAALZ14vu-94&q=85&s=4696d2fa1c393ad8979f0ad08b0216be" alt="A team lunch post with poll choices and attendance responses" className="block dark:hidden" noZoom width="1152" height="616" data-path="images/cover/overview-polls-and-events-light.png" />

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/sNYQaAALZ14vu-94/images/cover/overview-polls-and-events-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sNYQaAALZ14vu-94&q=85&s=4b3b8e31188901571f56c6dafa3d3f51" alt="A team lunch post with poll choices and attendance responses" className="hidden dark:block" noZoom width="1152" height="616" data-path="images/cover/overview-polls-and-events-dark.png" />

A post can ask you to vote in a poll, say whether you are attending, or both. Answer each question in the post: a comment or reaction does not count as a vote or attendance response.

## Answer a poll

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the post">
    Find it in **Home** on a phone or **Overview** on a computer, follow its Inbox notification, or
    open the post attached to a schedule date.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose your answer">
    Select the option you want. When the poll allows multiple answers, select all the options that
    apply.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your response">
    Your selection is marked and the result appears. You can change your choices while the poll
    remains open.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Poll results appear after you answer or after the poll closes. The response count opens the people behind each option, so do not treat a poll as anonymous.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/eTnxmebqR92iwCjw/images/articles/employees/employee-poll-screen-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eTnxmebqR92iwCjw&q=85&s=115e02b19d82832da3baf930125153bc" alt="A company lunch poll with recorded votes and Going, Maybe and Not going responses" className="block dark:hidden" width="2944" height="1840" data-path="images/articles/employees/employee-poll-screen-light.png" />

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/eTnxmebqR92iwCjw/images/articles/employees/employee-poll-screen-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eTnxmebqR92iwCjw&q=85&s=097c1cfd8ea8a12542514a0205af177c" alt="A company lunch poll with recorded votes and Going, Maybe and Not going responses" className="hidden dark:block" width="2944" height="1840" data-path="images/articles/employees/employee-poll-screen-dark.png" />

## Say whether you are coming

Under **Attending**, choose **Going**, **Maybe** or **Not going**. Your chosen response is highlighted. Change it before the attendance question closes if your plans change.

A post can have an event date on the schedule. That date makes the post easier to find; choosing **Going** does not create a work shift or change your availability.

## When the question has closed

A closed poll or attendance question no longer accepts changes. Contact the author if you need to correct your answer after the deadline. An event-linked attendance question closes at the end of the event day in the workspace's timezone.

**Context for employee responses.** Answering requires access to the post and its visibility scope. Polls are single- or multiple-choice as set by the author, with 2–10 options. Respondent lists use the same post access checks. Polls, attendance and event dates have no separate Beta gate. A reminder can be sent to unanswered recipients 24 hours before a deadline when the author selected a Notify audience; receiving one is not guaranteed.

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    Choose how updates reach you.
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