Validating "must be equal" on E-mail and Confirm E-mail fields

Hello, I am using drupal-6.22, webform-6.x-3.11, webform_ajax_page-6.x-1.0, and clientside_validation-6.x-1.24.

The issue I am experiencing is as follows:

Set up two email fields on a webform, email and confirm_email, within an "Ajax page" component.
Set Webform Validation with validator "Must be equal" on these two fields.
Now, entering the same value in both fields gives the error, "Confirm email field has to be equal to Email." Why is it throwing errors if the data in both fields are exactly equal?

I also tried creating a custom validation in my own module, following the potpourri example here...but the javascript in that example does not fit the requirements for this validation. I have searched the clientside validation and webform validation issue queues and found nothing with these exact specifications.

Certainly this can be corrected, please help.