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title: Vote in a Poll
description: Learn how to vote in a poll, and edit your response after voting
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# Vote in a Poll

## Learn how to vote in a poll, and edit your response after voting

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### TABLE OF CONTENTS

#### I. [Vote on a Poll](https://docs.boardable.com/knowledge/vote-in-a-poll#vote-on-a-poll)

#### II. [Edit a Poll Vote](https://docs.boardable.com/knowledge/vote-in-a-poll#edit-a-poll-vote)

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### I. Vote on a Poll

***Notes****:*

- *Only users assigned to a poll can vote on it; casting votes on behalf of another user is not supported*
- *Only Professional organizations can have write-in poll responses*
- *When **+ Write-in response** does not appear beneath pre-written responses, this means the organization is not Professional, or the poll creator opted not to allow write-in responses*

To vote on a poll:

1. Navigate to the poll page
   
   
   
     1. To learn how to do this, please see [Related Articles](https://docs.boardable.com/knowledge/vote-in-a-poll#related-articles)
2. Select desired response(s):
   
   
   
     1. Checkboxes next to poll options indicate that multiple choices are allowed; click the desired responses to fill these in
     2. Bubbles next to poll options indicate that only one choice is allowed; click the desired response to fill this in
     3. Click **+ Write-in response** to write a custom response
     4. Click **Submit**
        
        
        
            1. Poll results update to include the vote(s)
               
               
               
               ![poll-vote](https://docs.boardable.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1%20Knowledge%20Base/poll-vote.png?width=589&height=135&name=poll-vote.png)

### II. Edit a Poll Vote

***Notes****:*

- *Votes can only be edited for polls by Professional organizations.*
- *Only Professional organizations can have write-in poll responses.*
- *If **Update response** does not appear above poll results, this means the organization is not professional, or the poll creator opted not to allow vote edits.*
- *When **+ Write-in response** does not appear beneath pre-written responses, this means the poll creator opted not to allow write-in responses.*
- *Each person can only edit their own vote; admins cannot do this on behalf of others.*

To edit a response after voting:

1. Navigate to the poll page
   
   
   
     1. To learn how to do this, please see [Related Articles](https://docs.boardable.com/knowledge/vote-in-a-poll#related-articles)
2. Click **Update Response**
   
   
   
   ![poll-update-response](https://docs.boardable.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1%20Knowledge%20Base/poll-update-response.png?width=655&height=187&name=poll-update-response.png)
3. Select desired response:
   
   
   
     1. Click the bubble or checkboxes next to a pre-written response to fill this in OR
     2. Click + Write-in response to write a custom response
     3. Click **Submit**
        
        
        
            1. Poll results update to include the new vote(s) and remove the old vote(s)
               
               
               
               ![poll-vote](https://docs.boardable.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1%20Knowledge%20Base/poll-vote.png?width=589&height=135&name=poll-vote.png)

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