Don't Accidentally Cancel Out Your Own Vote

Guard the link to your NROTC survey with your life, as that link that was emailed to you this morning is a personalized link. What this strangely inefficient system means is that if someone clicks your link, they can change your vote.

Of course, this is only coming to light after numerous students group leaders have forwarded their survey emails to groupmembers with the intention of encouraging others to vote. But don't feel silly! Bwog posted our link earlier today too, before being gently reminded by a member of CCSC that someone had probably already changed our vote several times over.


Posted by common sense : #1 · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 5:33 PM (from campus)
What a stupid design. They should have used a survey via UNI login.
Posted by yeahwtf : #2 · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 5:40 PM (from campus)
yeah at first it looked like it would count votes multiple times, but apparently it just allows you to change your vote until the polls are closed

scared me for a second

Posted by wait : #3 · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 6:24 PM (from campus)
can barnard vote? i didn't get an email.
Posted by tipster : #4 · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 6:34 PM (from campus)
want to change someone else's vote? Just clear your cookies and then change the id number in your URL to something else and delete the wem part. Whee
Posted by fff : #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 6:36 PM (from campus)
wait, does that really work? someone needs to get on that one state.

FUCKING student council. typical.
Posted by barnard : #6 · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM (from campus)
can vote. it's in Ebear under "announcements"
Posted by JDS : #7 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM (from campus)
It certainly appears to work that way. They need to redo this as UNI login, in a much more secure system than surveysays.
Posted by wait some more : #8 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
November 24, 2008 at 7:13 PM (from campus)
can grad students vote? Since they aren't employees and all.
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