Ooh.. I like the callback idea. I understand the general concept behind callbacks, but I've never actually used them before. If it works the way I think it might, I may have LOTS of other uses for them in other parts of my nasty parser!

When I figure out the code, I'll post samples here -- after much SuperSearching...

The votebot shall attain a new level of Perl wisdom today. Thanks, demerphq!