// form validation
	function checkForm(){
		//function that checks the validity of the form
		//checks for empty required fields and if the emails equal
		
		var bolOK = true;		
		if(bolOK)
		{
			bolOK = checkEmailNoAlerts(document.WM_OptOuts.Email.value);
			if(!bolOK)
			{
				alert('An email address is required.');
				eval("document.WM_OptOuts.Email.focus();");
			}
		}
		if(bolOK)
		{
			bolOK = radio_button_checker(document.WM_OptOuts.OptOutChoices);
			if(!bolOK)
			{
				alert('Please select a mailing option.');
				
			}
		}
		return bolOK;
	}