From the conversations we have had with these people the polls do have an effect. Whether the polls can cause major changes is hard to determine, especially if we are talking about matters on the state and federal level. On the local level we believe that the poll results and comments are counted as another source of input on matters being decided by our Commissioners and Mayor and City Councils. On some issues however a yes or no will simply not be sufficient. We will look into this and see if we can come up with some polls requiring a more in depth answer.
Voting is screened only to prevent a user from voting twice.
We allow the full text of the comments to go right through including any spelling or grammatical errors. We do not withhold or edit any comments other than profanity. I find the polls interesting, however, if the politicians are not viewing this site, I find it no true value in serving as a forum for public comment. As we mentioned earlier we don't wait for the politicians to view the site. Hopefully we have clarified TWR's situation regarding the Internet Polls and we again want to thank our customers for their continued support of HereinTown.