Revote for a referendum

Update your choice on an active referendum by submitting a new vote.

Same as you would for voting, you can revote for a referendum in any direction—Aye, Nay, Split & Abstain.

In addition, you can unvote at any time to remove votes from a referendum you’ve previously voted on.

Step 1: Open the SubWallet extension and select the "Governance" tab at the bottom of the screen.

The Governance feature is available only for Polkadot-supported accounts. If you are currently in either single-account mode or all-accounts mode and none of your accounts support the Polkadot ecosystem, you will see a toast error when trying to click on the tab.

Step 2: In the Governance screen, select the network in which you want to see referendums.

In this case, we'll select the Polkadot Asset Hub network.

You'll see the referenda list for the chosen network.

Step 3: Select an ongoing referendum by clicking the "Ongoing" tab, scrolling down, or searching using the icon. Once done, click on that referendum to view its details.

Step 4: In the Referendum details screen, select "Revote" to adjust your voting for the chosen referendum.

If you're in "All accounts" mode, you can revote by clicking the "Vote" button and then selecting any voted account from the list.

Step 5: Fill in the required information, such as voting amount and voting multiplier (conviction).

You can select either "Use governance lock" or "Use all locks" to fill in the Amount field.

• Use governance lock: your entire current lock balance due to on-chain voting/delegating will be used to vote.

• Use all locks: your entire locked balance (due to staking, governance, etc.) will be used to vote.

Once done, select the direction you want to vote, or click the "Unvote" button at the top right corner of the screen to remove your votes.

In this example, we will vote "Aye" for the referendum.

If you want to vote "Abstain" or "Split", as your vote is always counted with the fixed conviction multiplier (0.1×), you will need to choose the vote direction first, then enter the amount you want to vote:

• For "Split": enter Aye & Nay amount

• For "Abstain": enter Aye, Nay & Abstain amount

Your total voting power will be calculated as the sum of the entered amounts multiplied by the fixed conviction multiplier (0.1×).

Once you have entered the desired amounts, click “Vote” to proceed.

Step 6: Check the information and confirm your re-voting request by clicking "Approve".

Step 7: Your voting request has been submitted!

You can either click "Back to home" to return to the homepage or "View transaction" to see transaction details in the History tab.

If you click "View transaction", SubWallet will display the latest transaction record in your transaction history, along with the extrinsic hash of the transfer.

To view your updated votes on the referendum, repeat the first 3 steps of the guide. Your votes will then appear on that referendum page.