# Polls on CommonYard

> Ask a question with two to four choices, in words or pictures, and choose when it closes. People vote with one tap and watch the result fill in. Free.

Updated: 2026-09-29
URL: https://commonyard.app/features/polls/

A poll on CommonYard asks one question with two to four choices. People vote with one tap, right on the card, and the choices fill in like a bar chart to show how everyone has voted so far.

## What a CommonYard poll does

- **Words, pictures or both.** Each choice can be words, a picture, or a mix. On a picture poll, people tap the picture they pick.
- **It closes when you say.** Choose a day, three days, a week or no end — a week is picked for you. The card tells voters when it closes, “closes in 3 days” for example, and a closed poll takes no more votes and shows its result.
- **The result, straight away.** The card stamps **VOTED** once a vote is saved, and the voter sees where everyone landed. Before anyone votes, it says “Nobody has voted yet”.
- **A picture or a clip on the question.** Start from **Pictures** or **A video** and the poll carries it.
- **For everyone, or just your yard.** Post it to the whole Yard, where anyone on CommonYard can vote, or to one of your yards, where it stays: anyone who opens a public yard can read it, and its members vote.
- **Close it early, or give it longer.** From the poll’s ⋯ menu, **Edit post** lets you close it now or change when it closes.

## Ideas for a poll

- Where the class should go on its end-of-year trip.
- Which date suits the family reunion.
- Which jollof wins, with a picture on each choice.
- Who was the man of the match on Saturday.

## Make one in a minute

1. Tap the round **+** at the bottom of the screen.
2. Write your question. Add a picture or a video to the poll if you like.
3. Under **ASK PEOPLE TO**, tap **Vote**.
4. Add two to four choices — words, pictures, or both.
5. Under **Closes**, pick 1 day, 3 days, 1 week or never.
6. Check where it goes — the whole Yard, or one or more of your yards — and tap **Post**.

The full how-to is [Make a poll](/guides/make-a-poll/); for voters, it’s [Vote in a poll](/guides/vote-in-a-poll/).

## Good to know

- A poll’s choices can’t be changed once it is out, so check them before you post.
- Someone who votes before joining has their pick held as “not counted yet”; it counts as soon as they join.
- Voting earns 5 points, and a post earns 20. Points are credits for taking part, not cash.