SIERRA VISTA — The Herald/Review’s online opinion poll recently became a pawn between right- and left-wing political organizations. On Sunday, the newspaper was alerted by a woman in Los Angeles to the fact that the Herald/Review’s poll was being “freeped.” “Freeping” is the act of directing the members to influence an online poll, according to Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. The term is derived from a Fresno-Calif.-based Web site, www.FreeRepublic.com. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Robinson as a vehicle of protests against President Clinton. A voicemail was left for Robinson at his Fresno office, but had not been returned by...