function getName(mid) {
	if( ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion)) > 4) || (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer')) {
	if (document.all && !document.getElementById) { // check for IE4
		myElement = eval("document.all") // for IE4
		} else {
				myElement = eval("document.getElementById('" + mid + "')"); //For IE 5 and Netscape 6+
		}
	}
	return myElement;
}	

function showItem(item, action) {

	var i = getName(item);
	if (action == 'show') {
		i.style.display = 'block';
	} else {
		i.style.display = 'none';
	}

}	

function mailto(domain, name) {
	//usage: obfuscates email addresses from lurking spam bots
	//example: mailto('','cpeth') or mailto('gmail.com', 'chanrith')
	if(domain == null)
	{
				domain = 'secstate.wa.gov';
	} else {
				domain = domain;
	}
	document.write('<a h');
	document.write('ref=\"');
	document.write('mai');
	document.write('lto:');
	document.write(name);
	document.write('&#64;');
	document.write(domain);
	document.write('\">');
	document.write(name);
	document.write('&#64;');
	document.write(domain);
	document.write('</a>');
}