[Xenon]

not tested, but it should work i think

open showthread.php

find

PHP Code:

    // get poll info
    $pollinfo = $DB_site->query_first("
        SELECT *
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "poll
        WHERE pollid = $pollid
    "); 


and below add:

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['permissions']['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL)
{
$pollinfo['public'] = 1;
}