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Set a poll deadline, then close or reopen voting

Give a decision a finish point, with a clear way to allow more time when the family needs it.

The main features at a glance

1: A deadline limits how long people can submit votes.
2: Creators and family admins can close voting early.
3: Closed or expired polls can reopen with a new deadline while keeping existing answers.

Why it helps

Using Polls in family life

Without a deadline, a decision stays open. Sometimes the family needs another chance to answer after voting has ended.

Set the date and time under Deadline when creating a poll. Its creator or a family admin can also end voting early with Close. Results remain available under Closed. Reopen poll sets a new deadline 24 hours from now and keeps the existing answers.

The closed Sunday poll retains both votes and offers Reopen poll.

From a task to a shared view

How the steps fit together

1
Set the deadline
When creating the poll, open Deadline, select a date and time and confirm with Done. Check the summary and save the entire poll.
2
Close voting
Open the active poll as its creator or a family admin. Tap Close at the bottom and confirm Close poll. Its result remains available under Closed.
3
Confirm reopening
Open the closed poll and tap Reopen poll. Read the explanation and confirm. The new deadline is exactly 24 hours after this action.
4
Check the new deadline and answers
Switch to Active and reopen the poll. Check the new deadline rather than the previous date and time. The two saved votes for Lakeside walk remain in the results.

Good to know

These examples use Whole family with named votes. Check the intended audience and response setting before creating a poll.
Polls help with everyday family choices. They are not a system for binding elections.
Reopening replaces the old deadline with 24 hours from the current time. It does not add 24 hours to the old date and can shorten a deadline that was further away.
An expired poll stops accepting votes even if the background process has not yet marked its stored status Closed.
This Android workflow has no Archive action. Previously archived polls cannot be reopened here.
The example demonstrates manual closing and reopening. It does not prove delivery of deadline reminders or production execution of the background process.
Free allowance: 2 open polls at the same time per family.
Where the Free allowance applies, you need an available place or Premium to add more. Existing content remains readable and editable, even above the allowance. Premium removes this quantity limit; it does not promise unlimited AI usage.
Closed or expired polls free a place; voting in an existing poll does not use another place.

If something looks wrong

The reopened poll has disappeared from Closed.

Switch to Active. Reopening moves the poll to that tab. Check its new deadline and retained votes there.

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About this article

Written by Best4Family editorial team. Content reviewed: 18.09.2026. Updated: 30.09.2026.

The screenshots show the Android app. The layout and controls are largely the same on iOS. The examples use fictional family data.