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On-Line Election Results
Important Information About Your Browser
Failure to heed the information below may keep you from seeing the most current election results.
What is "Cache"?
A "cache" is a place to store things; your web browser maintains such a cache on your local hard disk to store web pages.

Whenever you visit a page, your browser downloads it and stores it in your cache. If you move to another page and then revisit the original page, your browser may check the cache to see if the requested page is already there. If it is, the browser may display the copy from the cache rather than downloading it again from the server. This speeds up your web viewing quite a bit.

However, the election returns pages on this site will change every five minutes during election night.. If your browser is not set to check our sever for a newer version of the results page; it could show you the old pages from your cache instead of the newer versions on our server..

Our server has been configured to communicate to your browser the date and time of the latest change to any page it serves. But it is up to your browser to make use of this information. This will only happen if you properly set your caching options.
    

Setting Your Cache
Your browser must be set to "always check for a newer copy" or "compare to the document on the network every time". If you already know how to do this, you need not read this section.

We can only give you rather general instructions here for setting your cache. The process varies from browser to browser and from version to version. We have provided examples below for two of the most popular browsers. The procedure for your browser will probably be somewhat similar to one of the two examples.

If you need further information, please consult the manual or online help that came with your browser software.

Most browsers have a menu item that allows you to set "options" or "preferences". One of these options or preferences affects how your browser uses its cache and communicates with our server. You must set this properly to ensure you are seeing the most current election results.

Examples
  Netscape Navigator 4.0
 
  1. On the menu bar, select "Edit"
  2. Select "Preferences"
  3. In the Preferences window, click the little "+" next to "Advanced"
  4. Select "Cache"
  5. Under "Document in cache is compared to document on network:" select "Every time"
  6. Click the "OK" button to finish and close the "Preferences" window
Internet Explorer 3.0
  1. On the menu bar, select "View"
  2. Select "Options"
  3. In the Options window, click on the "Advanced" tab at the top
  4. In the "Temporary Internet Files section, click on the "Settings" button
  5. Under "Check for newer versions of stored pages:" select "Every visit to the page"
  6. Click the "OK" button to close the "Settings" window
  7. Click the "OK" button to finish and close the "Options" window
Reload/Refresh
Most browsers have a button that allows you to reload the current page. In Netscape Navigator it's called "Reload"; In Microsoft Internet Explorer it's called "Refresh".

If you believe you are looking at an old page for which there should be a newer version, try clicking your Reload/Refresh button. If the page doesn't change, please wait a minute or so and then try it again.

Remember:

  • The returns are only updated every five minutes.
  • Your clock may differ from ours.

Using the Reload/Refresh button too much will not let you see the next update any sooner. It may also clog and significantly slow down your Internet connection.

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