The voter's individual password will be attached to such messages as a reminder. Broadcast messages can be used for communicating the topic being up for the vote and announcements about the opening and closing time of the Booth for that specific topic. This comment is visible in the vote- result display area and can be read by subsequent voters or by anyone who wants to check on the voting result. The Booth has a built-in area for a threaded discussion, related to the Polling topic at hand. Voters can read or contribute to this discussion once they have entered the Booth with their password.
Discussion can be the result of posted comments or about the way the Polling topic is phrased.
Archives All polling topics and the voting results are stored in on-line archives. Password access determines which archives are open to each individual. 1997,1999 Terabytes of New Zealand Ltd.