Timed voting

Every decision closes. Every vote counts. No lingering polls.

Most polls stay open forever and never produce an answer. Chooseday makes deadlines mandatory. Set a close time, and the poll auto-closes, reminders fire automatically, and a winner is declared — whether five people voted or fifty.

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🔒app.chooseday.co/decisions/q3-offsite
Where should we hold the Q3 offsite?
Live
Closes in
2h 12m 14s
Responded
6 / 9
🏔️Cape Town5 votes
🏖️Zanzibar2 votes
🏙️Nairobi1 votes
Decision closes automatically · Reminder sent to non-voters
Sound familiar?

Why group decisions break down

If any of these feel familiar, Chooseday was built for you.

01
Polls that stay open for weeks with no result

Someone creates a Google Form or Slack poll, it collects a few votes, and then it just... exists. No deadline, no winner, no follow-through. Chooseday requires a deadline on every decision.

02
Chasing people to vote manually

You send the poll, half the team votes, you spend the next three days sending reminder DMs individually. Chooseday sends automatic reminders to anyone who hasn't voted yet — you don't have to follow up.

03
The decision was made, but nobody acted on it

Closing the vote is just the start. Chooseday's deadline creates a natural trigger point: when voting closes, results go out, and action items can be assigned. The decision doesn't just close — it moves to action.

How it works

From question to answer in minutes

01
Set a deadline when creating your decision

Every Chooseday decision requires a close date and time. Pick a deadline that gives everyone enough time to participate — typically 24-72 hours for async team decisions.

02
Chooseday sends automatic reminders

As the deadline approaches, Chooseday automatically notifies participants who haven't voted yet. No manual chasing required — the system handles follow-up for you.

03
Voting auto-closes at the deadline

When the deadline passes, voting closes automatically. No more votes can be submitted. The decision locks at the exact time you specified.

04
Winner declared, results visible

Immediately after close, the winner is calculated and results are visible to all participants. The decision is moved to your history and optionally sends a notification to stakeholders.

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Features

Everything your team needs

Built specifically for group decisions — not adapted from a survey tool.

Mandatory deadlines on every decision

Chooseday requires a close date for every decision. No lingering open polls — every decision has a defined endpoint.

Automatic reminders to non-voters

Chooseday automatically sends reminders to participants who haven't voted yet as the deadline approaches. Response rates are dramatically higher with automated follow-up.

Auto-close at deadline

Voting closes automatically at the exact time you set. No manual intervention needed — the poll locks itself when time runs out.

Instant winner declaration

The moment voting closes, the winner is calculated and declared. Results go to all participants automatically — no waiting for someone to tally votes manually.

Extend or close early

Need more time? The creator can extend the deadline before it closes. Everyone has already voted? Close early. Flexibility without removing the pressure of a deadline.

Permanent close record

When a decision closes, the result, timestamp, and participant list are permanently recorded in your decision history. Auditable, searchable, and never lost.

Use cases

Who uses Chooseday

Teams across every industry — from startups to communities.

Social proof

What teams are saying

We used to have decisions lingering for weeks. With Chooseday, every decision has a deadline and we always have an answer by the time we need it.

SA
Sola A
CPO, Paystack

The automatic reminders saved me from sending 20 individual DMs. Chooseday chases people for me and our participation rate went from 60% to over 90%.

AF
Akin F
VP People, Andela

The mandatory deadline was the thing that changed how our team makes decisions. When there's a deadline, people actually vote. Without it, they put it off forever.

NE
Ngozi E
Chief of Staff, Interswitch
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

When the deadline passes, voting automatically closes. No more votes can be submitted. The winner is calculated and declared based on the votes already cast. Results are made visible to all participants. The decision is moved to your history with a permanent record.

Yes. The decision creator can extend the deadline before it closes. After voting closes, the results are locked and cannot be changed retroactively.

Chooseday automatically sends reminder notifications to participants who haven't voted yet as the deadline approaches. This typically includes a 24-hour reminder and a final reminder a few hours before close. Reminders go out via email and in-app notifications.

Yes — deadlines are mandatory in Chooseday. This is intentional: it's what prevents decisions from lingering indefinitely with no resolution. Every decision must have a deadline, which ensures every decision reaches a result.

You can close a decision early if everyone has already voted — the creator can manually trigger early close. Automatic time-based deadlines are the primary close mechanism.

Decisions that close themselves

Set a deadline, get automatic reminders, declared winner. Free forever for small teams.

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