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have you experienced problems when replying to polls on WP?
no. that has never happened to me. 50%  50%  [ 9 ]
no. that has never happened to me. 50%  50%  [ 9 ]
yes. that happens to me occasionally. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
yes. that happens to me occasionally. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
it has happened to me with THIS poll so i am unable to select this option. arrrghh! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
it has happened to me with THIS poll so i am unable to select this option. arrrghh! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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12 Oct 2005, 7:06 am

recently, when i view a topic with a poll option i am unable to cast a vote as it is already showing the results from the poll. i am certain that it isn't because i have already voted because when it happens it is the first time i have looked at the topic. i demand my right to cast my vote on the important issues of the day! i wondered if the reason why it happens is because the person who created the topic chose to run the poll for a limited time but i've noticed that sometimes it happens on the same day that the topic was started. :?



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12 Oct 2005, 7:19 am

hecate wrote:
recently, when i view a topic with a poll option i am unable to cast a vote as it is already showing the results from the poll. i am certain that it isn't because i have already voted because when it happens it is the first time i have looked at the topic. i demand my right to cast my vote on the important issues of the day! i wondered if the reason why it happens is because the person who created the topic chose to run the poll for a limited time but i've noticed that sometimes it happens on the same day that the topic was started. :?


Thats funny. I never get any problems voting.

If it was a poll created by Sean, I wouldn't be surprised because he would probably ban liberals from voting. This is a Conservative Only poll.



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13 Oct 2005, 1:04 am

I have never have yet any problems voting.

Though I have had problems Smilies :evil:



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13 Oct 2005, 3:43 am

If you are trying to vote in an old thread, the time limit for the poll to run may have expired.



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13 Oct 2005, 3:48 am

I get the same as hecate, but always assumed people were having fun with the idea. Is expiry set when the poll is set up, or is it automatic?



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13 Oct 2005, 3:55 am

The author of the thread can choose whether or not to set an expiration date for the poll or to let it run indefinitey. Personally, I just let them run indefinitely on those occasions I do make them.



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13 Oct 2005, 4:12 am

Its a glitch in the site code. Just like the rest of these glitches, blame Alex (even though this one is actually built directly into the board code, for some reason)


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13 Oct 2005, 4:34 am

Sean wrote:
If you are trying to vote in an old thread, the time limit for the poll to run may have expired.


i thought that might be the reason but sometimes it happens on the same day that the thread was created. as far as i know, the mimimum length of time for a poll is 24 hours?

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