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Freep This Poll - Flag Contest
Morgan County government ^ | 7/6/10 | mombi

Posted on 07/06/2010 5:41:31 AM PDT by mombi

Morgan County WV is having a flag contest and there were 3 finalists out of 24 submitted designs.

My design is Flag 1 in the contest. I am urging people to vote for it at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#

Problems with the other flags are:

Flag 3: It shows Morgan for whom the county was named for. I don't think he ever lived in the county though and portraits of people are inappropriate for flags.

Flag 2: It doesn't have the standard 3 by 5 dimension, but rather has a 3.9 by 5 dimension, it has too many colors, too much small print, the large print is blurry, and it looks like a scene rather a flag.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE!

This is Flag 1:

[IMG]http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac55/dhoytwv/Entry1csmall.jpg[/IMG]


TOPICS: History; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: contest; flag; freeppoll; westvirginia

1 posted on 07/06/2010 5:41:35 AM PDT by mombi
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To: mombi

Vote at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#

Not sure why the image of Flag 1 didn’t show up above. Maybe someone could help me out.


2 posted on 07/06/2010 5:46:49 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: mombi

There you go!

3 posted on 07/06/2010 5:53:45 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: mombi

There you go!

4 posted on 07/06/2010 5:53:52 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: mombi

OOops! Went twice for some reason! Sorry about that ;-)


5 posted on 07/06/2010 5:54:48 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: Da_Shrimp

Thanks for posting the image.

30 votes are needed for a tie. I am hoping for 60 votes.


6 posted on 07/06/2010 5:58:23 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: mombi
Well, I voted for you. Being English I have no idea where Morgan County is (apart from in West Virginia from the flag itself). I like your flag, it's the best of the 3 I reckon.

Good luck!

By the way and for future reference, you need to use HTML tags on FR, eg <img src="http://yourimage.jpg">

7 posted on 07/06/2010 6:04:06 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: mombi

“*This poll is monitored to prevent fraud or suspicious mass voting”.

...I voted for #1 (I really like it) but the poll total stayed at 291. I’m thinking the above statement is why?


8 posted on 07/06/2010 6:06:14 AM PDT by albie
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To: albie

I am not sure why. I contacted the poll administrator about problems with the poll, but got no reply. My problem with the poll was that the voting page ddidn’t allow voting. The poll administrator never replied.

You can email the poll administrator at
arobertson at morgancountywv.gov


9 posted on 07/06/2010 6:12:32 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: albie
“*This poll is monitored to prevent fraud or suspicious mass voting”. ...I voted for #1 (I really like it) but the poll total stayed at 291. I’m thinking the above statement is why?

Same thing

10 posted on 07/06/2010 6:28:52 AM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: verga

Same here, I voted and it stuck at 292


11 posted on 07/06/2010 6:39:55 AM PDT by Thurston_Howell_III (Ahoy polloi... where did you come from, a scotch ad?)
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To: mombi

maybe they’re only allowing votes from IP addresses inside the county?


12 posted on 07/06/2010 6:40:40 AM PDT by Thurston_Howell_III (Ahoy polloi... where did you come from, a scotch ad?)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

I emailed the administrator again and asked why all votes are not being counted. If he replies, I will post his answer.


13 posted on 07/06/2010 6:49:56 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

I am in the county, but often my ISP address is located in Maryland or Washington DC. If they are doing as you say, then lots of county residents could not vote.

Still no reply from the poll administrator.


14 posted on 07/06/2010 11:25:54 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: mombi

Apparently the poll is blocking votes for Flag 1 and letting votes for Flag 2 through.


15 posted on 07/07/2010 6:16:56 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: Da_Shrimp; albie

Please vote again. Your first vote wasn’t counted due to an error in the polling software. The error has now been corrected (finally).


16 posted on 07/08/2010 4:05:41 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

Please vote again. Your first vote wasn’t counted due to an error in the polling software. The error has now been corrected.


17 posted on 07/08/2010 4:06:41 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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To: mombi

“Please vote again.”

...done. Good luck!


18 posted on 07/08/2010 4:32:32 AM PDT by albie
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To: mombi

Done! Hope you win...


19 posted on 07/08/2010 6:20:17 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: Da_Shrimp; albie

Thanks for the help. I still need 6-7 votes to tie and if you know other people who would be willing to vote, please tell them about the poll.


20 posted on 07/08/2010 9:31:25 AM PDT by mombi (Vote for Flag 1 at http://www.morgancountywv.gov/gov/flagpoll.html#)
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