Apparantly replacing the theme footer with the default footer is something that other people have done to get WP-polls to work properly.
If I do that, will Atahualpha still work? The error message with WP polls is "please choose a valid poll answer" ie it wouldn't accept the vote.
These are the plugins I have
AddToAny: Subscribe Button
Advertising Manager
Akismet
Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer
Collapsing Categories
Datafeedr Random Ads V2
My Page Order
p2pConverter
Post to Twitter
Rotating Posts
Search Everything
ShareThis
Text Control
Widgets on Pages
WordPress.com Stats
WP-PageNavi
WP-Polls
WP_Auctions
Site is www.lactivist.net
Lisa