# 2nd try - Is it possible to extend the time period of a poll once it has been established?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488 "2010-05-23T18:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488/1 "2010-05-23T18:35:19Z")

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I’d like to find out if it’s possible to extend the time period of a poll once the poll has been established. I tried this earlier today, but I screwed up the poll. Here I go with the second attempt…

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488/2 "2010-05-23T18:37:00Z")

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And now, is it possible for any of the Moderators or Administrators to extend that poll by a day?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488/3 "2010-05-23T18:44:37Z")

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I just extended it by five days, so the answer is yes.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488/4 "2010-05-23T18:51:51Z")

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Aha! Thank you for satisfying my curiosity about the inner workings of vBulletin!

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-try-is-it-possible-to-extend-the-time-period-of-a-poll-once-it-has-been-established/540488/5 "2010-05-23T19:03:29Z")

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Can you re-open the poll after it expires? Can you close it early (without closing the thread)? Can you adjust the votes?