diff --git a/app/models/poll/voter.rb b/app/models/poll/voter.rb
index c55bc497c..8b0202aee 100644
--- a/app/models/poll/voter.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll/voter.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ class Poll
     validate :in_census
     validate :has_not_voted
 
-    before_create :assign_poll
-
     def in_census
       errors.add(:document_number, :not_in_census) unless census_api_response.valid?
     end
@@ -29,9 +27,5 @@ class Poll
       @census.name
     end
 
-    def assign_poll
-      poll_id = booth_assignment.poll_id
-    end
-
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161207181001_remove_poll_id_from_voter.rb b/db/migrate/20161207181001_remove_poll_id_from_voter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a7012460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161207181001_remove_poll_id_from_voter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemovePollIdFromVoter < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :poll_voters, :poll_id, :integer
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3337764e6..d70027258 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: 20161206132126) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161207181001) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161206132126) do
     t.string   "document_number"
     t.string   "document_type"
     t.integer  "booth_assignment_id", null: false
-    t.integer  "poll_id",             null: false
     t.datetime "created_at",          null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at",          null: false
   end