Not long ago, Telegram updated a feature that now allows channel owners to make more restrictions on poll voting. This includes allowing votes only from selected countries (up to 12 countries/regions can be selected) and restricting only subscribers who have joined the channel for more than 24 hours to increase voting fairness and regionality.
Country restrictions are distinguished by The country code of the mobile phone number currently bound to Telegram
The voting system has indeed been updated with many new features this year. You can now set the time to stop voting. You can also see who voted in the group and at what time. The person who voted can also withdraw the vote, but these functions were not available before
Country eligibility follows the phone-country setting, rather than a reliable measurement of the voter's current physical location. See Telegram's poll documentation for the technical rules.
Adapted from the original Chinese article, published on May 11, 2026.
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