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Vote Reason Settings Customization

Scott Laugenour (he/him)Scott Laugenour (he/him) Tue 4 Aug 2026 2:15AMPublicSeen by 84

My organization requires that a voter who disagrees with a proposal articulate the reasons for the disagreement. We do not require a reason to be articulated when they agree with the proposal.

As such it would be nice to have settings that make a vote reason OPTIONAL when there is agreement and REQUIRED when there is a disagreement.

We are aware that this level of customization is not now possible, so I wanted to float this idea as a possible enhancement request.

Presently we set the poll to REQUIRE a vote reason and we explain in the description of the YES / AGREE choice that a user can type a simple message or post a thumbs up icon when they cast this ballot. But it would be great to have the ability to customize the setting as explained above.

Robert Guthrie

Robert GuthrieTue 4 Aug 2026 3:51AM

I like this suggestion. Makes a ton of sense.