diff --git a/app/models/poll.rb b/app/models/poll.rb
index 47a955681..79726715e 100644
--- a/app/models/poll.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Poll < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :current,  -> { where('starts_at <= ? and ? <= ends_at', Time.current, Time.current) }
   scope :incoming, -> { where('? < starts_at', Time.current) }
   scope :expired,  -> { where('ends_at < ?', Time.current) }
+  scope :published,  -> { where('published = ?', true) }
 
   scope :sort_for_list, -> { order(:starts_at) }
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170102170125_add_published_to_polls.rb b/db/migrate/20170102170125_add_published_to_polls.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51da03f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170102170125_add_published_to_polls.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddPublishedToPolls < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :polls, :published, :boolean, default: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 2333356e8..af72fea7e 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170102114446) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170102170125) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170102114446) do
     t.string   "name"
     t.datetime "starts_at"
     t.datetime "ends_at"
+    t.boolean  "published", default: false
   end
 
   create_table "proposal_notifications", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index a9e000e19..d8b587015 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
       starts_at { 1.month.ago }
       ends_at { 15.days.ago }
     end
+
+    trait :published do
+      published true
+    end
   end
 
   factory :poll_question, class: 'Poll::Question' do
diff --git a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
index 1ce3f95e0..e410c31ce 100644
--- a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ describe :poll do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#published?" do
+    it "returns true only when published is true" do
+      expect(create(:poll)).to_not be_published
+      expect(create(:poll, :published)).to be_published
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#document_has_voted?" do
     it "returns true if Poll::Voter with document exists" do
       booth_assignment = create(:poll_booth_assignment, poll: poll)