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This Poll (SideBar): <<http://www.senate.gov/~src/home/index.cfm>> Poll Rigging? Seraphiel writes in: I noticed something interesting about that poll... I was refreshing the page a few times and noticed that the second response, the one they "wanted," was inreasing abnormally. So I checked the source code and saw this (html tags fixed with () to make it clearer) (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="149" class="radio") The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.(br) (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="148" class="radio") Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.(br) (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="150" class="radio") The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.(br) --- Notice here that the first and second answers have their "pollanswer" value in reverse order, 149 and then 148. So I checked Google's cache (praise be to Google) and found this: (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="148" class="radio") The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.(br) (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="149" class="radio") Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.(br) (input type="Radio" name="pollanswer" value="150" class="radio") The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.(br) --- They simply switched which item each button votes for, so all the votes for the "wrong" answer end up being for the one they want. How, er, responsible of our elected representatives. ------ "If voting could really change things, it would be illegal." - Diebold Internal Memos _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
