Every user that is not muted can vote.This means that you can prevent anonymous users to vote by using the ["{{% livechat_label livechat_configuration_channel_mute_anonymous_label %}}" feature](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/streamers/moderation).
![Screenshot of a chat session. In the chat, there is a message with the poll question, and the different choices. There is also a banner on the top of the chat, where you can see the question, and the number of votes for each answers.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/polls_start.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Poll start")
![Screenshot of a chat session, with an ongoing poll. The current user has just voted by sending "!1".](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/polls_votes.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Poll votes")
If "{{% livechat_label poll_anonymous_results %}}" is checked, votes won't be shown to other users.If unchecked, votes will be publicly visible as you will see message like "!1" in the chat.
For viewers using XMPP clients or outdated livechat plugin versions, the banner will not be visible.But they will see the message in the chat and will be able to vote by sending messages with their choices.
![Screenshot of a chat session, with poll that has ended. The banner no more accept new votes. There is a message in the chat with the poll results. For each choice, there is the number of votes, and the percentage of the total it represents.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/polls_end.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Poll end")