function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

function checkRequiredFields(form)
{
    var marker = 0;
    for (var i=0; i<form.elements.length; i++){
        if (form.elements[i].name.substring(0,3) == "req")
	  {
	      if (form.elements[i].value == "")
	      {
		    marker = 1;
		    alert("You have not filled out all of the required fields");
                form.elements[i].focus();
		    break;
            } 
        }  
	  if (form.elements[i].value == "Email Address")
        {
	      marker = 1;
	      alert("You have not filled in your Email Address");
            form.elements[i].focus();
	      break;
        }
    }
    if(!marker){
        return true;
    }
    else{
        return false;
    }
}

function radio_button_checker(){
    // set var radio_choice to false
    var radio_choice = false;

    // Loop from zero to the one minus the number of radio button selections
    for (counter = 0; counter < radio_form.radio_button.length; counter++){
        // If a radio button has been selected it will return true
        // (If not it will return false)
        if (radio_form.radio_button[counter].checked)
            radio_choice = true; 
    }
    if (!radio_choice){
        // If there were no selections made display an alert box 
        alert("You must select a candidate in order to place a vote!")
        return (false);
    }
return (true);
}