I just went to post a new poll on my board, and realized how much of a pain it really is. I realized that a POLL button on the bottom of the post would be much easier to use. It could go to a simple page with fields to fill in with poll items, and whatnot. Basically some simple automated way to make a post with a variable number of items to choose from. Have a 'add poll item' button to refresh the page with one more poll item and carry over the filled in info. Make the default poll have 4? items? Whatever seems to be the norm is probably best.
Just a thought on a fairly simple and non-intrusive way to make the UBBT easier to use for our basic users