# Make a poll

> Ask a question with two to four choices, in words or pictures, and choose when the poll closes.

Section: Posting · Updated: 2026-09-29
URL: https://commonyard.app/guides/make-a-poll/

## Steps

1. Tap the round **+** at the bottom of the screen.
2. Write your question in the box.
3. Under **ASK PEOPLE TO**, tap **Vote**. A card for the choices opens.
4. Fill in two choices. Tap **Add a choice** for a third or a fourth. To give a choice a picture, tap the picture button beside it.
5. Under **Closes**, pick **1 day**, **3 days**, **1 week** or **Never**. A week is picked for you.
6. Check the line at the bottom — "Goes out as a poll · 2 choices · closes in a week" — and where it goes, at the top.
7. Tap **Post**.

![The post screen with a question written, Vote chosen, two choices filled in, the Closes choices, and the line "Goes out as a poll"](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/composer-poll.webp "The line at the bottom says exactly how the poll will go out.")

## After you post

The poll goes up with its choices. As votes come in, the choices fill in to show the result, and the card says when it closes.

## Changing when it closes

Tap the three dots (**•••**) on your poll and tap **Edit post**. Under **Move it to**, you can close it now, or move its end to 1 day, 3 days, 1 week or never. The choices stay as they are — people have already voted on them.

## Good to know

- Check your choices before you post: once people vote, they can't be changed.
- A poll can go to the whole Yard or to one of your yards — or to several at once. See [Post to several yards at once](/guides/post-to-several-yards/).