# Start Vote

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**Permissions**

A vote can only be started if the bot has the following permissions in the channel

* **Read Message History**
* **Add Reactions**
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## Command

Right click a message. Apps > Start vote

## Action

Adds a thumbs up and thumbs down reaction to the selected message.