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title: "Create Polls: Critical Event Management Dashboard"
description: This article describes how you can create a poll from the critical event management dashboard.
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# Create Polls: Critical Event Management Dashboard
## This article describes how you can create a poll from the critical event management dashboard.
Watch this video to see how to create a poll from the Critical Event Management (CEM) Dashboard, and read below for further instructions.
### **How to Create a Poll from the Web UI CEM Dashboard**
1. From the Event Card, select **Send Poll**.
2. Select a template to populate your poll form, or complete the poll form manually.
3. Send the poll.
4. The poll will now appear under the event's **Activity Feed**. You may need to exit out of the event's card and return before the poll is visible under the Activity Feed.
### How to Create a Poll from the Mobile App
Please note, button may appear slightly different if you access the app from an Android device.
You can also create a poll and associate it with a specific event from the mobile app.
1. Select **Incident Events **from the mobile app's drawer menu.
2. Select the event that should be associated with a poll.
3. Tap the  button.
4. Select **Send Poll**.
5. Select a poll template and complete any poll fields that aren't pre-populated, including incident, facilities, recipients, subject, and message.
6. Tap **Next.**
7. Tap **Send.**
8. Once your poll has sent, you will return to the **Activities** tab.
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