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Mike,

Does this mean that those that don't accept cookies by default or 
strictly manage their cookies - getting rid of those that are not 
necessary - will

a) not have this problem,
b) would not be able to participate (assuming they refused to accept the 
cookie)?

Truman

Michael Maul wrote:
> Since it's the first online survey we have done using a less 
> sophisticated but much less expensive survey method that the one a 
> number of years ago, handling family members wasn't considered well 
> enough.
>
> The present survey sets a cookie so that a computer can only be used 
> for one response. That means a family that only has one computer could 
> only vote once.
>
> Our intent was to make sure that members only voted once but that's 
> really handled by requiring a login ID which we thought was different 
> for every member in a family.
>
> Unfortunately some families only have one login for all members of the 
> family too.
>
> If you have already voted once and set the cookie on your computer - 
> you can use another computer for additional members of the family to 
> vote. Or you can email me the additional responses this time and I'll 
> add them to the survey.
>
> If you have not voted yet - I've set the survey so additional 
> responses can come from the same family.
>
> If an additional family member does not have a members login - then 
> the response ID will be their AERC number.
>
> The reason for this is so that we can compare the ID against our 
> database to make sure the member is current and only voting once.
> Responses that have the same ID will not be counted.
>
> Mike

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