function doPollSubmit(theForm)
{
  new Ajax.Request('/pollvote.php',
  {
    method:'post',
    parameters:   $(theForm).serialize(true),
    onSuccess: function(transport){
      var response = transport.responseText;
      if (response.length > 1)
      {
        var elem = document.getElementById('thepoll');
        elem.innerHTML = response;
        createGradient();
      }
    },
    onFailure: function(){ alert('There was a problem processing the poll vote. Please try again.') },
    onCreate: function(){ 

      var elem = document.getElementById('thepoll');
      elem.innerHTML = '<div class="poll inner"><img src="/media/progress_indicator27.gif" style="margin: 0 auto;"/></div>';
      createGradient();
    }
  });
  return false;
}