FEATURE: automatically close a poll on a given date and time

plugins/poll/lib/post_validator.rb

@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ module DiscoursePoll
 
     def validate_post
       min_trust_level = SiteSetting.poll_minimum_trust_level_to_create
-      trusted = @post&.user&.staff? ||
-                @post&.user&.trust_level >= TrustLevel[min_trust_level]
 
-      if !trusted
-        message = I18n.t("poll.insufficient_rights_to_create")
-
-        @post.errors.add(:base, message)
-        return false
+      if @post&.user&.staff? || @post&.user&.trust_level >= TrustLevel[min_trust_level]
+        true
+      else
+        @post.errors.add(:base, I18n.t("poll.insufficient_rights_to_create"))
+        false
       end
-
-      true
     end
   end
 end