function getHttpObject(){
// var httpobject=null;
 if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
  httpobject=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }else if(window.ActiveXObject){
  try{
   httpobject=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }catch(e){
   try{
   httpobject=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  catch(e){
   alert("could not find the http requst object");
   return false;
  }
  }
  }
  return httpobject;
  
 }
 // takes you to search the leads as you select states
 /***************************************************************/
 
function votestate(state,vt){
httpobject=getHttpObject();

var url="http://atlanticcity.com/rate/js/getvotedetail.php?state="+state+"&vt="+vt;
 httpobject.onreadystatechange=showvotes;
 httpobject.open('GET',url,true);
 httpobject.send(null)
 }
 
 /***************************************************************/
 // show the leads in
function showvotes(){
if(httpobject.readyState==4 || httpobject.readyState=="complete"){
var arrval; 
arrval=httpobject.responseText;
var arrdiv;
var arrdivname;
arrdiv=arrval.split("##");
arrdivname=arrdiv[1];
document.getElementById(arrdivname).innerHTML=arrdiv[0];
} 
}