			// Make sure that the user doesn't already have an active proposal
			require( ! _userHasActiveProposal[msg.sender], "Users can only have one active proposal at a time" );
		// Remember that the user made a proposal
		_userHasActiveProposal[msg.sender] = true;
		_usersThatProposedBallots[ballotID] = msg.sender;
        // Check that the minimum duration has passed
        if (block.timestamp < ballot.ballotMinimumEndTime )
            return false;
        // Check that the required quorum has been reached
        if ( totalVotesCastForBallot(ballotID) < requiredQuorumForBallotType( ballot.ballotType ))
            return false;
	// The earliest timestamp at which a ballot can end. Can be open longer if the quorum has not yet been reached for instance.
	uint256 ballotMinimumEndTime;

+	// The earliest timestamp at which a ballot can be closed without quorum being reached.
+	uint256 ballotCloseTime;
	}
		// Make sure that a proposal of the same name is not already open for the ballot
		require( openBallotsByName[ballotName] == 0, "Cannot create a proposal similar to a ballot that is still open" );
		require( openBallotsByName[ string.concat(ballotName, "_confirm")] == 0, "Cannot create a proposal for a ballot with a secondary confirmation" );

		uint256 ballotMinimumEndTime = block.timestamp + daoConfig.ballotMinimumDuration();
+       uint256 ballotCloseTime = ballotMinimumEndTime + 1 weeks;		

		// Add the new Ballot to storage
		ballotID = nextBallotID++;
+		ballots[ballotID] = Ballot( ballotID, true, ballotType, ballotName, address1, number1, string1, string2, ballotMinimumEndTime );
+		ballots[ballotID] = Ballot( ballotID, true, ballotType, ballotName, address1, number1, string1, string2, ballotMinimumEndTime, ballotCloseTime );
		openBallotsByName[ballotName] = ballotID;
		_allOpenBallots.add( ballotID );		
+	function canCloseBallot( uint256 ballotID ) external view returns (bool)
+		{
+        Ballot memory ballot = ballots[ballotID];
+        if ( ! ballot.ballotIsLive )
+        	return false;
+
+        // Check that the minimum duration has passed
+        if (block.timestamp < ballot.ballotCloseTime )
+            return false;
+
+        return true;
+	    }
+   function closeBallot( uint256 ballotID ) external nonReentrant
+       {
+       // Checks that ballot is live and closeTime has passed
+		require( proposals.canCloseBallot(ballotID), "The ballot is not yet able to be closed" ); 
+
+       // No mutation from the propsal
+		_finalizeApprovalBallot(ballotID);
+       }
