Roskoe,
It sounds democratic, but was actually quite underhanded. The poll results noted were not sent out in a democratic fashion. They were given to a select group of hunters, in my opinion to get the results they wanted. If it were fair, they would have at least sent the poll to all holders of a muzzleloading permit in the last year.

An if you read the article in the original post, it basically says that in-lines are not legal in any muzzleloader hunts any longer. They can only be used in any weapon (rifle), or short range weapons hunts (which is funny since part of the justification for the rule change is because modern muzlleloaders can supposedly shoot such long distances).