Designing Better Elections

After the 2000 election, Design for Democracy worked with election officials in Illinois, Oregon and Nevada to design ballots, polling place signage, registration forms and other election materials. The election design system establishes a visual style, use of color, and an approach to illustrating instructions that make the ballot and polling place more usable.

Scott, Josephine. Usability Professionals Association (2006). Articles>Usability>Forms>Politics

Trends Toward Greater Usability in Voting Technology

UPA's Voting and Usability project is tracking several important trends toward greater usability in voting technology across the globe: Verified voting, The NIST Voting Symposium, FEC Brochures, Voting Developments in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland.

Scott, Josephine. Usability Professionals Association (2004). Articles>Usability>User Interface>Civic

Voting and Usability Projects: How You can Participate

The UPA Voting and Usability project works to create a better elections process by improving the usability of ballots and voting systems.

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Working to Improve the Civic Experience

What has UPA done to encourage more useable and accessible government? Quite a lot, it turns out. UPA supports efforts to improve the usability of elections, support plain language, and remove barriers to civic access for people with disabilities through an alphabet soup of projects and events.

Scott, Josephine. Usability Professionals Association (2008). Articles>Usability>Accessibility>Government