diff --git a/src/vote/migrations/0006_event_status.py b/src/vote/migrations/0006_event_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a726f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vote/migrations/0006_event_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2026-01-21 05:18
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+def set_default_status(apps, schema_editor):
+    Event = apps.get_model("vote", "Event")
+    for event in Event.objects.all():
+        if event.closed:
+            event.status = "CL"
+        else:
+            event.status = "RE"
+        event.save()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("vote", "0005_event_show_results"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="event",
+            name="status",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[("RE", "Registring"), ("VO", "Voting"), ("CL", "Closed")],
+                default="RE",
+                max_length=2,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(
+            set_default_status, reverse_code=migrations.RunPython.noop
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/vote/models.py b/src/vote/models.py
index 5fc545c..3ebaf5a 100644
--- a/src/vote/models.py
+++ b/src/vote/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import UniqueConstraint
 
+EVENT_STATUS_CHOICES = {
+    "RE": "Registring",
+    "VO": "Voting",
+    "CL": "Closed",
+}
+
 
 class Event(models.Model):
     share_token = models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
@@ -12,6 +18,7 @@ class Event(models.Model):
     show_results = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     closed = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
     electoral_system = models.CharField(max_length=2)
+    status = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=EVENT_STATUS_CHOICES, default="RE")
 
 
 class Ballot(models.Model):