Download - Anywhere Ballot iterations
Usability testing Anywhere Ballot:before & after
University of BaltimoreDrew DaviesDana ChisnellKathryn SummersMegan McKeever
PremiseEveryone should vote on the same ballot
BackgroundAVTI workshops in 2012
How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone?Open IDEOAVTI workshops in 2012
What if you could vote anywhere, any time, on any device?
Effective Designs for the Administration of Elections, 2007
Design for Democracy
NIST IR 7556 Report: Language of Instructions on Ballots, 2008
Redish, Chisnell, Newby, Laskowski, & Lowry
NIST medium complexity ballotmodified, slightly18 pages
Paper prototype18 participants4 days16 versions
Digital prototype15 participants3 days3-4 versions
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Instructions to voters
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Help version, paper final
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How to vote, final digital
Straight party voting
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Vote for 1
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Multi-candidate contests
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Judge retention contests
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Referenda
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Ballot measures
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Write-ins
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Reviewing votes
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Iteration 1, scrolled to the end
Iteration 4, scrolled down (page 2)
Iteration 4, scrolled down (page 3)
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Changing a vote
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Changing votes, digital iteration 1
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Casting the vote
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Digital final
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2 prototypes33 participants7 days20+ versions
Responsivegood for devicesgood for UOCAVAgood for accessibility standards
Prevents user errors
error managementtyped write-inhelps voters see impact of straight-party voting
Focuses on ballot marking
connect to any EMSoutput in an appropriate format
Can run on COTS devices
more accessible (own pointer, own screen reader)software independent
Not “voting over the Internet”
assume appropriate election systemcan produce printed ballot to castlogic is local (no trips to the server)
Anywhere ballotdesigned to be responsive to different formatsworks on any deviceaccessible for voters with disabilities
How can it be part of a secure, verifiable election system?
Who will it help? How will it help them? What voter need does it meet?