3 Days Later, And Yahoo Story STILL Won't Take Votes !?!?!

[WillyT]

Headline: TV Ad Demands Bush Get Allies to Cease Swift Boat Smear Campaign; MoveOn PAC Ad Rips Attack on Kerry Heroism; Contrasts to Bush Failure to Appear

Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&ncid=669&e=6&u=/usnw/20040816/pl_usnw/tv_ad_demands_bush_get_allies_to_cease_swift_boat_smear_campaign__moveon_pac_ad_rips_attack_on_kerry_heroism__contrasts_to_bush

Must be a beta test for this November's electronic voting, no???

Go ahead, just TRY to vote on this story and have it count. See how it feels, and NEVER get used to it!!!

Great way to get this story to drop into oblivion on Yahoo, I guess?

:grr::nuke::mad:

[ocean girl]

1. It counted my vote for a total of 1 vote!

Something fishy, for sure.

[WillyT]

3. Yeah, Now Go Back, And It Will Say 'Not Yet Rated' !!!

IOW - Not voted on yet!

Nobody could get their votes to stick on Monday either!

:wtf:

[SayitAintSo]

2. It just let me vote ? ( 1 total vote ...he he ...)

Sumpthin's ffffed up ....:wtf:

[Bronco69]

4. Me too.

1 vote

[WillyT]

5. Check It out: Thread From Monday !!!

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=754612#755165

:shrug:

[devinsgram]

6. Same here!

[Zorra]

7. Same here.

[hang a left]

8. voted and still rated 5.0 with one vote. n/t

[canuckybee]

9. ditto

[WillyT]

10. Interesting That You Can vote On OTHER Stories !!!

Radical Cleric Accepts Najaf Peace Plan

Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

:shrug:

Accompanying picture and caption:



Mays, an Iraqi Shi'ite girl, cries after a mortar shell which landed outside the family's home in a Najaf residential area and injured her uncle, August 18, 2004. The leader of a Shi'ite uprising in Iraq (news - web sites) agreed to leave a holy shrine encircled by U.S. Marines in Najaf, hours after the interim government threatened to storm it and drive out his fighters. Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters.

God damn it all!!!

:grr:

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. Tried it with two browsers, and you are right.

It is NOT retaining the vote.

[LittleApple81]

12. I complained.

Here is the address to complain:

http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/news/cgi_feedback?from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fhelp%2Fus%2Fnews%2Fnews%2D74%2Ehtml