var xmlHttp

function getVote(passedid,subject_id)
{
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
 alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
 return
 } 
var url="includes/poll_vote.php"
url=url+"?vote="+passedid
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()

createCookie( 'voted', subject_id, 100 )

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged2 
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)
} 

function stateChanged2() 
{ 
 if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
 document.getElementById("poll-container").
 innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
 } 
} 

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{ 
var objXMLHttp=null
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
 {
 objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
 }
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
 {
 objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
 }
return objXMLHttp
}

function createCookie(name,value,days)
{
  if (days)
  {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
  }
  else var expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}