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title: "Changing an Election’s Dates and Times"
slug: "changing-an-elections-dates-and-times"
description: "Change Start and End Dates and Times while an election is Waiting, adjust only the End Date once Active, and contact support to reactivate a Finished one."
updated: 2024-09-30T16:25:09Z
published: 2024-09-30T16:25:09Z
canonical: "help.simplyvoting.com/changing-an-elections-dates-and-times"
---

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# Changing an Election’s Dates and Times

Users for varied reasons may need to change an election’s dates and times. For instance, an election may be extended to perhaps encourage greater turnout for a necessary quorum, or perhaps an election may require a new end date to address unforeseen circumstances, or perhaps to correct a previous date input.

If the election is **Waiting**, you may adjust both the **Start Date** and **Start Time**, as well as the **End Date** and **End Time**. Use the **View** button to open your election and navigate to the **Election Details** section.

You may then adjust the **Start Date** and **Start Time** as well as the **End Date** and **End Time** as desired.

If the election is **Active**, you may adjust only the **End Date** and **End Time**.

If the election is **Finished**, users cannot reactivate or otherwise adjust an election’s dates and times. However, if you do need to reactivate your election, please [contact support](/v1/docs/contacting-support).