1. Before you start

An API key. The one issued to you, starting with dw_. If you don't have one, ask for access.
The poll page open in a desktop browser — a poll.fm link, or the Crowdsignal poll embedded in the page that hosts it.
At least one proxy. The run is rejected without one — every attempt goes out through the pool you supply.

2. Step 1 — the poll ID

Open the poll and read the address bar. The trailing digits are the poll ID — nothing else from the URL is needed.

poll.fm/17450495
→ Poll ID = 17450495

If the poll is embedded in someone else's article, the embed is an iframe: right-click inside it and pick Open frame in new tab (or copy the iframe's src) to get the poll.fm URL with the ID in it.

3. Step 2 — the answer ID

The answer ID isn't shown anywhere on screen; it lives in the markup of the option you want to vote for. Four clicks:

1.Find the answer you want votes on in the list.
2.Right-click directly on that answer's label or radio button.
3.Choose Inspect — DevTools opens with that element selected.
4.Read the <label for="PDI_answer…"> attribute and copy just the number.

Chrome DevTools open on a poll.fm poll: the poll ID in the address bar, the right-click menu with Inspect highlighted, and the selected label element showing for="PDI_answer76163132". — The four steps on one screen — poll ID in the URL, right-click → Inspect, then the answer ID inside the label's `for` attribute. Click the shot to open it full screen and zoom in.

<label for="PDI_answer76163132">
→ Answer ID = 76163132

Drop the PDI_answerprefix — the tool rejects anything that isn't digits. One run targets one answer; to split votes across several options, run the tool once per answer ID.

4. Step 3 — cast the votes

Open the control deck, paste both numbers and fill the rest:

Field	Accepted	Notes
API key	Starts with "dw_"	Sent as X-API-Key; never stored in the page.
Poll ID	Digits only	From the poll.fm URL — see step 1.
Answer ID	Digits only	From the answer's label — see step 2.
Votes	1–10 per run	Higher values are clamped to 10 by the API.
Concurrency	1–10 workers	How many votes are in flight at once.
Delay	"MIN-MAX" seconds	Random pause per vote, e.g. 0.1-0.5.
Proxies	1–50 entries	Required. One per line; rotated across attempts.

Hit Cast votes. The run holds the connection until every attempt has finished, so leave the tab open.

5. Reading the results

The stat rail totals the run — attempts, succeeded, failed, success rate and elapsed time — and the table below lists every attempt in order with its status, how long it took and the detail the poll returned. A row that failed carries the error in the same column, which is usually either a dead proxy or the poll refusing a repeat vote from that IP.

Reload the poll afterwards to confirm the count moved — the tool reports what the endpoint accepted, not what the poll ultimately keeps.

6. Limits & troubleshooting

"At least one proxy is required.": The proxies box is empty. Paste one per line, as http://user:pass@host:port or host:port:user:pass.
Fewer votes landed than you asked for: A run is capped at 10 votes and anything larger is clamped. Repeat the run for more, and widen the delay range if attempts start failing in bursts.
HTTP 429: The tool serves 20 runs per 10 minutes across all visitors. Wait and retry.
"Must be numeric.": A prefix came along with the ID — strip PDI_answer and any stray whitespace.