Here I talk about some preliminary findings from exploratory research about whether voters encounter problems using ballots that include contests that are counted in non-traditional ways.
7. Ballot design problems are
well understood
split contests across columns overvoting
there are responses on both
overvoting
sides of names
arrows rather than bubbles marking incorrectly
formatting is inconsistent or
undervoting
too consistent
instructions are complicated
all kinds of crazy things
or lacking
voters don’t know how to
lost votes
correct their ballots
80. Next steps
Develop & test versions of on-ballot
instructions
Develop & test versions of pre-voting
instructions
81. Next steps
Develop & test versions of on-ballot
instructions
Develop & test versions of pre-voting
instructions
Study combinations of designs with
instructions
82. Next steps
Develop & test versions of on-ballot
instructions
Develop & test versions of pre-voting
instructions
Study combinations of designs with
instructions
Study combinations of voting modes on the
same ballot
90. Thank you
Rick Bond Jared Spool
Cyd Harrell David Cary
Ethan Newby Rebecca Sherrill
Callie Wheeler Frank Castro
Chelsey Glasson Sandy Olson
Sara Cambridge Nancy Frishberg
Laura Paajanen Yelena Nakhimovsky
Beth Lingard Whitney Quesenbery
Beth Pickard
92. Field Guides series
Research Research SOP and Usability Research
commissioned by commissioned by and Civic Life commissioned by
EAC NIST Project NIST
97. Coming soon
Effective election Delivering useful
department voter education
web sites
Research partially Research partially
funded by funded by
Kickstarter & Kickstarter &
MacArthur MacArthur
98. Coming soon
Effective election Delivering useful Effective design
department voter education for vote-by-mail
web sites
Research partially Research partially Research to be
funded by funded by funded by the
Kickstarter & Kickstarter & MacArthur
MacArthur MacArthur Foundation
99. Coming soon
Effective election Delivering useful Effective design Designing multi-
department voter education for vote-by-mail language ballots
web sites
Research partially Research partially Research to be Research to be
funded by funded by funded by the funded by the
Kickstarter & Kickstarter & MacArthur MacArthur
MacArthur MacArthur Foundation Foundation
100. Field Guides
To Ensuring
Voter Intent
civicdesigning.org
/fieldguides