diff --git a/Chatbot.py b/Chatbot.py
index 2a8949d..e8d4656 100644
--- a/Chatbot.py
+++ b/Chatbot.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async def on_ready():
     members = '\n - '.join([member.name for member in guild.members])
     print(f'Guild Members:\n - {members}')
 
-polls = {} # masud added this to hold poll data
+polls = {} # masud added this to hold poll data. Can be switched to a database in the future
 
 @client.event 
 async def on_message(message): #checks for a message 
@@ -42,40 +42,45 @@ async def on_message(message): #checks for a message
         response = random.choice(creepyHellos)
         await message.channel.send(response)
 
-    # Masud did this
-
-    #if message.content.lower()[4:] == "salt":
-    if "salt" in message.content.lower():
-        communityName = (message.content)[5:]
-        poll = await message.channel.send(f'vote here for {communityName}:')
-        print(f'[BOT DEBUG] {communityName} added to list of polls')
-        polls[poll.id] = communityName.upper()
-        print(polls)
-        tickEmoji = "\u2705"
-        crossEmoji = "\u274C"
-        await poll.add_reaction(tickEmoji)
-        await poll.add_reaction(crossEmoji)
-
-    if "count" in message.content.lower():
-        communityName = (message.content)[6:]
-
-        if communityName.upper() not in polls.values():
-            await message.channel.send(f'No poll found for community: {communityName}.')
-        else:
+    # ================ Masud did this ================
+
+    tickEmoji = "\u2705"  # unicode for the tick Emoji
+    crossEmoji = "\u274C"  # unicode for the cross Emoji
+
+    if "salt " == (message.content.lower())[:5]:  # checks if the input matches "salt "
+        communityName = (message.content)[5:]  # saves the rest of the input as communityName
+
+        if communityName.upper() in polls.values():  # if there is a poll active already
+            pollID = list(polls.keys())[list(polls.values()).index(communityName.upper())]  # get the ID of the poll
+            await message.channel.send(f'The community: {communityName} already has a poll active. Poll ID:{pollID}.')  # message to discord
+        else:  # and if there is not an active poll already...
+            poll = await message.channel.send(f'vote here for {communityName}:')  # create the vote poll
+            print(f'[BOT DEBUG] {communityName} added to list of polls')  # print to console for debugging only
+            polls[poll.id] = communityName.upper()  # save the pollID and communityName together
+            print(polls)  # print list of polls active for debugging only
+            await poll.add_reaction(tickEmoji)  # add the tick emoji for the poll
+            await poll.add_reaction(crossEmoji)  # add the cross emoji for the poll
+
+    if "count " == (message.content.lower())[:6]:  # cecks if the input matches "count "
+        communityName = (message.content)[6:]  # saves the rest of the input as communityName
+
+        if communityName.upper() not in polls.values():  # checks if the poll does not exist already
+            await message.channel.send(f'No poll found for community: {communityName}.')  # messages to discord
+        else:  # if the poll does exist ...
             
-            pollID = list(polls.keys())[list(polls.values()).index(communityName.upper())]
-            pollMessage = await message.channel.fetch_message(pollID)
-            pollReactions = pollMessage.reactions
-
-            await message.channel.send(f'Here are the saltiness statistics for the community {communityName}\nPoll ID:{pollID}')
-            for emj in pollReactions:
-                emojiCount = emj.count - 1
-                if emojiCount == 1:
+            pollID = list(polls.keys())[list(polls.values()).index(communityName.upper())]  # get the pollID with the matching communityName
+            pollMessage = await message.channel.fetch_message(pollID)  # get the message object with the pollID
+            pollReactions = pollMessage.reactions  # accesses the reactions for the pollMessage object
+
+            await message.channel.send(f'Here are the saltiness statistics for the community {communityName}\nPoll ID:{pollID}')  # message to discord
+            for emj in pollReactions:  # for each emoji in the reactions object
+                emojiCount = emj.count - 1 # remove 1 vote, which was from the bot.
+                if emojiCount == 1:  # message to discord accordingly
                     await message.channel.send(f'{emj.emoji} : {emojiCount} vote')
                 else:
                     await message.channel.send(f'{emj.emoji} : {emojiCount} votes')
 
-    # up to about here
+    # ================ up to about here ================
 
 
 client.run(TOKEN) #this is the token of the discord bot. You can create your own bot and put that token in here or the .env file to run the code
diff --git a/nacl.py b/nacl.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e59c1a..0000000
--- a/nacl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# a file which is incredibly salty
-# read through at your own risk
-polls = {}
-
-async def createSaltPoll(communityName,message):
-    poll = await message.channel.send(f'vote here: for {communityName}')
-    polls[poll.id] = communityName
-    tickEmoji = "\u2705"
-    crossEmoji = "\u274C"
-    await poll.add_reaction(tickEmoji)
-    await poll.add_reaction(crossEmoji)
-
-async def getSaltiness(communityName,message):
-    pollID = list(polls.keys())[list(polls.values()).index(communityName)]
-    pollMessage = await message.channel.fetch_message(pollID)
-    pollReactions = pollMessage.reactions
-
-
-
-    dataFormat = []
-    dataFormat.append(pollID) # 0
-    dataFormat.append(pollReactions) # 1
-    return dataFormat