function vote_alert (strValue)
{
    strMessage = '';

    strMessage += 'No matter WHAT you vote, you are REQUIRED to provide a reason for the vote in the field provided below.  ';
    strMessage += 'In fact, the board software will not accept a ballot without a reason.  ';
    strMessage += 'Don\'t merely state your vote... state the REASON for your vote.  ';
    strMessage += 'If, for any reason, you feel uncomfortable about posting your reason publicly, ';
    strMessage += 'send a private message (PM) or email to a recruiter or an officer of the guild.  ';
    strMessage += 'Note that in this case, the reason will be posted by the officer, but the submitter\'s name will be withheld.';
    strMessage += '\n\n';
    strMessage += 'Regarding EXTEND votes, this should only be used to give an applicant time to clarify or address some sort of issue.  ';
    strMessage += 'For example, vote to extend because something questionable happened, and you\'d like to get clarification on it.  ';
    strMessage += 'Extend is not used to indicate that you don\'t know who the person is, ';
    strMessage += 'or to indicate that you haven\'t had a chance to meet/get to know them.  ';
    strMessage += 'If either of these reasons is the case, then you reserve your vote and abstain.  ';
    strMessage += 'If the person hasn\'t done their legwork in getting people to know them, it will show up as a lack of yes votes.';
    alert(strMessage);
}