Schedule Polls

Sometimes the event is real, but the schedule is still a group decision: which evening works for the picnic, which Saturday for the volunteer day, which half-hour block for a meeting. A schedule poll lets you propose a few options on the same event, share one link, collect votes, and then lock in a winner.

Polls are part of the event—not a separate product. Guests use the public page at /e/your-slug. After you lock a time, that page shows normal date and time pills, and reminder emails can use the final schedule.

In the event builder, under When is this event?, choose Poll the group instead of a fixed date and time. Then add options:

• Date and time — e.g. Sat, Jun 22 · 6:00 PM
• Date only — e.g. Sat, Jun 22
• Time only — e.g. 6:00 PM (when the day is already known)

You need at least two options and can propose up to eight. All options use the event's timezone (detected automatically, same as fixed dates).

Save and publish the event so the public link works. Until someone votes, you can still edit options from the schedule panel on your event dashboard.

Already created with a fixed date? On the event dashboard, open Start a schedule poll. That clears the fixed date and time on the public page until you lock a winner, and seeds the first option from your current schedule when one exists.

Guests open your event link—no account required. When a poll is open, the page shows a Help pick a time card near the top (instead of fixed date and time pills). They:

1. Check every option that works (multi-select, not exclusive pick)
2. Enter name and email
3. Submit their vote

Signup Bubble emails a private link so they can change their answers until you lock a time. Live tallies show how many people said yes to each option (hidden in private mode, similar to other visibility rules).

On your event dashboard, the Schedule poll panel lists each option with yes counts and a leading badge on the top choice. When you are ready:

1. Click Lock in on the option you want (it does not have to be the leader)
2. Confirm that the public page will update and voters will be emailed

Locking writes the final date and/or time onto the event, closes the poll, and stops further vote changes. The public page switches to normal schedule pills. If reminders are enabled, the 24-hour reminder is scheduled from the locked datetime.

Schedule polls use the same delivery path as other event mail. Guests receive:

• Vote saved — confirmation with the times they marked yes, plus a link to change their vote
• Time locked — sent when you lock a winner, to everyone who voted and to confirmed signups who may not have voted

For the full list of transactional mail, see Emails and reminders.

• Keep options short and distinct—three solid choices beat eight near-duplicates.
• Prefer full date+time options when you can; date-only and time-only are there for flexible cases.
• Publish before you share the link. Drafts have no public page.
• Use the poll for consensus, then rely on slots for real commitments (who brings what, who covers which shift).