Organizer powers

Most of voting runs itself, but somebody has to set the rules and break the occasional deadlock. That's the organizers' job.

Who can do what: every power on this page is organizer-gated — regular members never see these buttons, and the change is blocked for non-organizers even if attempted another way. Decide now and Reopen voting are available to all organizers (the owner and co-organizers). The voting settings are stricter: only the trip owner can change them.

Owner vs co-organizer

Every trip has exactly one owner — the person who created it. The owner can promote crew members to co-organizer, and co-organizers get the ballot powers below. The differences:

• Owner only: change the voting settings (rules, privacy, deadlines) and enable or disable voting for the trip.
• Owner and co-organizers: Decide now on open ballots, and Reopen voting on resolved ones.
• The owner can never be demoted.

To promote or demote: edit the trip, open the Participants sheet, then use the shield icon next to a crew member. The chat crew sheet only shows who is on the trip and who already has organizer status. The full walkthrough is in Organizers and crew.

Voting settings

The settings cog on the trip's voting dashboard is visible to the trip owner only.

1. 1
   Open the trip's voting dashboard and tap the settings cog.
2. 2
   Use the Enable voting switch to turn voting on or off for the whole trip.
3. 3
   Pick a quick preset, or tune the individual rules below it.
4. 4
   Set the Ballot privacy toggles (sealed and anonymous — see the related article).
5. 5
   Choose a deadline style and length.
6. 6
   Tap the checkmark to save.

Presets bundle sensible rules in one tap:

Or set each rule yourself:

• Approval threshold — the share of yes votes a proposal needs, from 50% to 100% in 5% steps.
• Minimum participation — how much of the crew must vote before a ballot can resolve: no minimum, 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%. If a ballot's deadline passes without hitting the minimum, it shows "Voting closed" and waits for an organizer to decide.
• Deadline — Rolling window gives each new proposal its own countdown (1–30 days from when it's proposed); Specific date gives every proposal in the trip the same fixed deadline, which must be at least an hour in the future.

Decide now

Sometimes the bus leaves before the deadline does. Decide now (the gavel button on any open ballot) lets an organizer end the vote on the spot.

1. 1
   Open the ballot on the trip's voting dashboard.
2. 2
   Tap Decide now.
3. 3
   Choose Approve or Reject.
4. 4
   Confirm on the second prompt — this ends the vote for everyone.

It's deliberately a two-step confirmation, because the effects are immediate:

• The ballot closes for the whole crew and the plan is approved or rejected as an organizer decision.
• The tally is revealed — including on sealed ballots.
• The override is recorded in the trip log, so everyone can see who decided and when.

Reopen voting

A resolved ballot isn't necessarily final. If circumstances change — prices, dates, Dave — any organizer can put a settled plan back to a vote.

1. 1
   Open the resolved ballot's reveal card, on the voting dashboard or in chat.
2. 2
   Tap Reopen voting.
3. 3
   Confirm the prompt.

What happens when you reopen:

• Every previous vote is wiped — the crew starts from a blank ballot, and the old result no longer counts.
• The ballot gets a fresh 48-hour deadline.
• The crew is notified that voting has reopened and asked to vote before the new deadline.
• The reopen is recorded in the trip log, and the ballot keeps its sealed setting from before.