# UNI holders should be able to delegate during the voting period with zero delay

**URL:** <https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-holders-should-be-able-to-delegate-during-the-voting-period-with-zero-delay/7401>\
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**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-holders-should-be-able-to-delegate-during-the-voting-period-with-zero-delay/7401 "2020-10-19T16:14:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![danrobinson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/gov.uniswap.org/danrobinson/32/651_2.png) [@danrobinson](https://gov.uniswap.org/u/danrobinson)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-holders-should-be-able-to-delegate-during-the-voting-period-with-zero-delay/7401/12 "2020-10-19T21:44:20Z")

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> [@chrisblec](#):
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> Most UNI holders will not be proactive and delegate their vote just to be ready in case something they actually care about pops up. They’ll look to delegate and vote immediately when a triggering issue arises.

One way to address this problem without making too deep technical changes (and potentially having other surprising effects) is to increase the `votingDelay`—the period between when a proposal is made and when voting starts (and the delegation snapshot is taken).

[https://github.com/Uniswap/governance/blob/master/contracts/GovernorAlpha.sol#L18](https://github.com/Uniswap/governance/blob/master/contracts/GovernorAlpha.sol#L18)

Personally I do like the idea of this being 24 or 48 hours rather than 1 block, to give people time to delegate in response to a proposal. What do you think of that?

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