function WriteText(county) { 
  /* changes form action based on the county clicked */
  if(county == "county1" || county == "county2" || county == "county3" || county == "county16" || county == "county24") {
      document.forms["volform"].action = "http://johnedwards.com/iowa/offices/region1"; //the action for each region
      document.getElementById("volform").style.display="block"; 
  } else if(county == "county4" || county == "county5" || county == "county6" || county == "county21" || county == "county22" || county == "county25") {
      document.forms["volform"].action = "http://johnedwards.com/iowa/offices/region2"; //the action for each region
      document.getElementById("volform").style.display="block";   
  } else if(county == "county7" || county == "county8" || county == "county9" || county == "county17" || county == "county18" || county == "county19") {
      document.forms["volform"].action = "http://johnedwards.com/iowa/offices/region3"; //the action for each region
      document.getElementById("volform").style.display="block";   
  } else if(county == "county10" || county == "county11" || county == "county12" || county == "county20") {
      document.forms["volform"].action = "http://johnedwards.com/iowa/offices/region4"; //the action for each region
      document.getElementById("volform").style.display="block";   
  } else if(county == "county13" || county == "county14" || county == "county15" || county == "county23") {
      document.forms["volform"].action = "http://johnedwards.com/iowa/offices/region5"; //the action for each region
      document.getElementById("volform").style.display="block";   
  }
  
  var t = 25; 
  for (i = 1; i <= t; i++) { 
    if (county == ("county"+i) ) { //figures out which county they clicked on 
      document.getElementById(county).style.display="block"; 
    } else { //if it's not the county they clicked on, it sets its display back to 'none' 
      document.getElementById("county" + i).style.display="none"; 
    } 
  } 
  document.getElementById("default").style.display="none"; 
  slidedown('formdiv');
} 

var timerlen = 5;
var slideAniLen = 500;

var timerID = new Array();
var startTime = new Array();
var obj = new Array();
var endHeight = new Array();
var moving = new Array();
var dir = new Array();

function slidedown(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display != "none")
                return; // cannot slide down something that is already visible

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "down";
        startslide(objname);
}

function slideup(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none")
                return; // cannot slide up something that is already hidden

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "up";
        startslide(objname);
}

function startslide(objname){
        obj[objname] = document.getElementById(objname);

        endHeight[objname] = parseInt(obj[objname].style.height);
        startTime[objname] = (new Date()).getTime();

        if(dir[objname] == "down"){
                obj[objname].style.height = "1px";
        }

        obj[objname].style.display = "block";

        timerID[objname] = setInterval('slidetick(\'' + objname + '\');',timerlen);
}

function slidetick(objname){
        var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];

        if (elapsed > slideAniLen)
                endSlide(objname)
        else {
                var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideAniLen * endHeight[objname]);
                if(dir[objname] == "up")
                        d = endHeight[objname] - d;

                obj[objname].style.height = d + "px";
        }

        return;
}

function endSlide(objname){
        clearInterval(timerID[objname]);

        if(dir[objname] == "up")
                obj[objname].style.display = "none";

        obj[objname].style.height = endHeight[objname] + "px";

        delete(moving[objname]);
        delete(timerID[objname]);
        delete(startTime[objname]);
        delete(endHeight[objname]);
        delete(obj[objname]);
        delete(dir[objname]);

        return;
}