diff --git a/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts b/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
index 0df5c0d1a..7dcbd6f63 100644
--- a/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,52 @@ test.describe('local homeserver regression', () => {
     expect(console_.unexpected()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test('you can vote on a poll you just created, without reloading (#284)', async ({ page }) => {
+    const console_ = collectConsole(page);
+    const room = await createRoom(alice, 'Poll Room');
+    await loginUI(page, alice);
+    await openRoom(page, room);
+    const question = uniq('Lunch? ');
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create poll' }).first().click();
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Ask a question…').fill(question);
+    await page.getByLabel('Option 1', { exact: true }).fill('Pizza');
+    await page.getByLabel('Option 2', { exact: true }).fill('Tacos');
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create Poll' }).last().click();
+    const poll = page.locator('[data-message-id]', { hasText: question }).last();
+    await expect(poll).toBeVisible();
+    type Ev = {
+      type: string;
+      event_id: string;
+      content: { 'm.relates_to'?: { event_id?: string } };
+    };
+    const events = async () =>
+      (
+        await api<{ chunk: Ev[] }>(
+          'GET',
+          `/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/${enc(room)}/messages?dir=b&limit=10`,
+          alice.token,
+        )
+      ).chunk;
+    // Vote once the poll has reached the server (its row may still carry the local id).
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await events()).some((e) => /poll\.start/.test(e.type)))
+      .toBe(true);
+    await poll.getByText('Tacos', { exact: true }).first().click();
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const chunk = await events();
+        const start = chunk.find((e) => /poll\.start/.test(e.type));
+        return chunk.some(
+          (e) =>
+            /poll\.response/.test(e.type) &&
+            e.content['m.relates_to']?.event_id === start?.event_id &&
+            start?.event_id.startsWith('$'),
+        );
+      })
+      .toBe(true);
+    expect(console_.unexpected()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test('your own message scrolls into view even after scrolling up (#212)', async ({ page }) => {
     const room = await createRoom(alice, 'Scroll Room');
     await Array.from({ length: 40 }).reduce<Promise<unknown>>(
diff --git a/src/app/components/message/content/PollContent.tsx b/src/app/components/message/content/PollContent.tsx
index 87a194970..819ecc19e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/message/content/PollContent.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/message/content/PollContent.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { KeyboardEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Chip, color, config, Icon, Icons, Text, toRem } from 'folds';
 import { RelationsEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/models/relations';
-import { MatrixEvent, Room, RoomEvent, PollEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { MatrixEvent, MatrixEventEvent, Room, RoomEvent, PollEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { getMemberName, sendRoomEvent } from '../../../utils/room';
 import {
@@ -99,7 +99,21 @@ export function PollContent({
 }) {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const roomId = room.roomId;
-  const eventId = mEvent.getId();
+  // [Gitea #284] A poll you just created starts with its local-echo id
+  // (`~!room:txn`); the SDK swaps in the real `$event` id once it's sent but
+  // doesn't re-render us. Track the id so votes and the tally use the real one.
+  const [eventId, setEventId] = useState(() => mEvent.getId());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const sync = () => setEventId(mEvent.getId());
+    sync();
+    mEvent.on(MatrixEventEvent.LocalEventIdReplaced, sync);
+    mEvent.on(MatrixEventEvent.Status, sync);
+    return () => {
+      mEvent.off(MatrixEventEvent.LocalEventIdReplaced, sync);
+      mEvent.off(MatrixEventEvent.Status, sync);
+    };
+  }, [mEvent]);
+  const isLocalEcho = !!eventId?.startsWith('~');
   const senderId = mEvent.getSender();
 
   const parsed = useMemo(() => parsePollStart(mEvent.getContent()), [mEvent]);
@@ -192,8 +206,9 @@ export function PollContent({
   const isMultiple = maxSelections > 1;
 
   const showResults = resultsVisible(isUndisclosed, isEnded);
-  const canVote = !!roomId && !!eventId && !isEnded;
-  const canEnd = !!eventId && !isEnded && (senderId === mx.getUserId() || canRedact);
+  const canVote = !!roomId && !!eventId && !isLocalEcho && !isEnded;
+  const canEnd =
+    !!eventId && !isLocalEcho && !isEnded && (senderId === mx.getUserId() || canRedact);
 
   const myVotes = pending ?? tally.myVotes;
   const { counts, total, voters } = tally;
@@ -219,25 +234,34 @@ export function PollContent({
     setPending(next);
     // Send the STABLE m.poll.response (matches Lotus's stable m.poll.start; the reader
     // accepts both namespaces).
-    sendRoomEvent(mx, roomId, null, 'm.poll.response', {
-      'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.reference', event_id: eventId },
-      'm.selections': Array.from(next),
-    }).catch(() => setPending(null));
+    // The SDK can throw synchronously (e.g. a relation to a pending event).
+    try {
+      sendRoomEvent(mx, roomId, null, 'm.poll.response', {
+        'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.reference', event_id: eventId },
+        'm.selections': Array.from(next),
+      }).catch(() => setPending(null));
+    } catch {
+      setPending(null);
+    }
   };
 
   const handleEndPoll = () => {
     if (!roomId || !eventId || ending) return;
     setEnding(true);
-    sendRoomEvent(mx, roomId, null, 'm.poll.end', {
-      'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.reference', event_id: eventId },
-      'm.poll.end': {},
-      'm.text': 'The poll has ended.',
-    })
-      .then(() => {
-        setConfirmEnd(false);
-        setEnding(false);
+    try {
+      sendRoomEvent(mx, roomId, null, 'm.poll.end', {
+        'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.reference', event_id: eventId },
+        'm.poll.end': {},
+        'm.text': 'The poll has ended.',
       })
-      .catch(() => setEnding(false));
+        .then(() => {
+          setConfirmEnd(false);
+          setEnding(false);
+        })
+        .catch(() => setEnding(false));
+    } catch {
+      setEnding(false);
+    }
   };
 
   // Radiogroup keyboard model (single-choice only): arrows move focus + selection.