Re: [Paddlewise] Vote in poll on Jet skis (fwd from newsgroup)

From: Bob Tellefson <lists_at_zooid.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:04:28 -0700
At 10:13 AM 7/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
> On 7/13/98 17:53PM, Wynne Eden wrote:
>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>USA Today is taking a straw poll on Jet Ski ban in National Parks.
>>>>> >>It will let you vote only once. The results as of Thursday evening had
>>>>> >>US leading by 79% over THEM at 21%. Interesting.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>Cast your vote at:   http://www.usatoday.com/life/quick.htm
>>>>> >>
>The anti-pwc vote is still slipping...as of 11:00 AM (eastern) on 7/14, 
>the vote is now 59.6% for the ban, and 40.2% against the ban.  
>
>If you haven't voted, please do so...many legislators and other 
>influential types watch these USA Today straw polls.
>

I hope that no one pays too much attention to these types of polls.  Online
polls are very unreliable.  It is quite easy to vote multiple times, or
even to write a simple program to automate the voting process for you.


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