Exit Polls

[kaseri]

And you could only vote once per computer...

Actually you could only vote once per IP address. If your IP address were to change then you would have been able to vote more often. That being said, I voted for Sarah... once.

[debbie01]

In my household: 2 for Wilson, 1 for Sarah, and 1 for Marty.
2 friends voted for Wilson.

I like the idea of 3 summit kitties though. Wouldn't that make life interesting.

[Tim&Val]

I voted for Marty!

[Breeze]

Marty got my vote.

[Brad]

Hey folks,
Check the site tomorrow after 8 AM to see who won! Now, I'm headed back to the living room to watch a little more CNN to see who won in the other election...

Scot
MWO Staff

Scot, if you tuned into Fox News last night on the TV you would have seen a short bit on the 3 cats also!

[Brad]

Actually you could only vote once per IP address. If your IP address were to change then you would have been able to vote more often. That being said, I voted for Sarah... once.

I do not believe that is correct. Otherwise, 3 people on different computers in one house would not have been able to vote. The web server would have seen the IP address of the house being all the same. At a business multiple people would not have been able to vote for the same reason - the IP address of the firewall would have been the same.

In fact, multiple family members were able to vote on one computer - in some situations. It seemed to be more of a short timer type of thing. If you tried to vote a second time right after the first one you got an error message that said you could only vote once, but you could make multiple contributions to MWO. But, if you came back later, the other person could use the same computer to vote. Maybe it was measuring the weight in the seat in front of the keyboard.

[Bill O]

And you could only vote once per computer...

I voted for Wilson as well!

I voted once on Firefox and once on Internet Explorer. It must have been a cookie thing.

Either way, the publicity and membership generated for the Observatory is impressive.

[hobbes]

I do not believe that is correct. Otherwise, 3 people on different computers in one house would not have been able to vote. The web server would have seen the IP address of the house being all the same. At a business multiple people would not have been able to vote for the same reason - the IP address of the firewall would have been the same.

In fact, multiple family members were able to vote on one computer - in some situations. It seemed to be more of a short timer type of thing. If you tried to vote a second time right after the first one you got an error message that said you could only vote once, but you could make multiple contributions to MWO. But, if you came back later, the other person could use the same computer to vote. Maybe it was measuring the weight in the seat in front of the keyboard.

Not quite right either. A secret formula was used measuring the mouse click pressure. Each cat sampled the mouse readings and made a decision whether or not to accept the vote based on whether they thought it was similar to that of a previous vote. Of course they were not provided with who was being voted for, just the pressure stats.

It must have been a cookie thing.

Yeah, the cats liked those too.

[Bretton Woods Brat]

I sent out a campaign email to friends and family " GO MARTY" Maybe some will join!

[Steve M]

I think Brad nailed it on the head. It was a timer thing. I voted four times for each of my family members on the same computer and if I tried to vote immediately after the last one it wouldn't let me but if I waited 10 min. or si I went right back in and voted again.