## Read the current vote number from the mySQL database.
	my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database","$username","$password") || error_fatal ("[ vote.cgi: Admin: Unable to open mySQL database - $! ]");
	my $sth_1 = $dbh->prepare("SELECT current_vote FROM vote_count;");
	   $sth_1->execute();
	my @vote_no = $sth_1->fetchrow_array();
	my $current_vote = $vote_no[0];