# Polls need to be Editable by Moderators and Admins

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**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** polls\
**Created:** [1 Junio, 2015 16:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-need-to-be-editable-by-moderators-and-admins/29517 "2015-06-01T16:24:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon61128213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon61128213](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon61128213)\
**Post date:** [24 Agosto, 2015 04:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-need-to-be-editable-by-moderators-and-admins/29517/17 "2015-08-24T04:31:29Z")

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Over at the [Fairphone Forum](https://forum.fairphone.com/) we have long learned that polls are not very representative and can in no means be used as democratic tools ([example](https://forum.fairphone.com/t/poll-if-you-could-install-any-mobile-operating-system/6593?u=paulkreuzer)) so we really don’t get why we can’t add options to polls that already have votes.  
We already restarted [this poll](https://forum.fairphone.com/t/poll-fp2-coloured-external-case/9502?u=paulkreuzer) to allow multiple selections but a bit later we realized that the option “transparent” should be added. Sure we could close and restart the poll again, loosing all existing votes, but it’s a bit annoying.

A great use for that would be a [wishlist](https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fp2-modules-wishlist/6846?u=paulkreuzer). People should be able to vote on existing suggestions and submit new suggestions whenever they come up with them.

I get that this maybe shouldn’t be enabled by default with forums that have hundreds of moderators. But at the Fairphone Forum we are just 3 moderators that pretty much run the forum. Meaning if only admins were granted this right that wouldn’t help us much. 😄

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