Usability in Civic Life: Voting and Usability
Articles on Voting and Elections in UPA Publications
All three UPA publications (Journal of Usability Studies, User Experience Magazine and the UPA Voice) and the UPA Conference have featured articles about voting and usability, including both informational updates and research into the usability of voting systems.
December 2007 |
New Guidelines Proposed for US Voting Systems |
August 2007 |
User Research of a Voting Machine: Preliminary Findings and Experiences by Menno de Jong, Joris van Hoof, Jordy Gosselt |
November 2006 Journal of Usability Studies (Vol 2 Issue 1) |
A Methodology for Testing Voting Systems by Ted Selker, Elizabeth Rozenwieg, Anna Pandolfo |
November 2006 UXmatters |
Creating a Universal Usability Agenda by Whitney Quesenbery
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February 2006 |
Designing Better Elections by Josephine Scott |
October 2005
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Overcoming Resistance to Change: The North Carolina Board of Elections Tackles Accessibility by Johnnie F. McLean (with an Introduction by Whitney Quesenbery) |
June 2005 |
A laboratory evaluation of six electronic voting machines by Fred Conrad |
June 2005 |
UPA Joins Forces with Design for Democracy by Whitney Quesenbery |
Spring 2005
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A Day of Poll Watching: Reno and Sparks, Nevada by Ted Selker On the Ground: Voting Observations during the US Presidential Election The View from Here: Congressman Rush Holt on voting and usability |
August 2004 |
Voting and Usability Projects: How You Can Participate by Josephine Scott |
June 2004
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Ensuring the Usability of Voting Sytems: A UPA2004 Workshop gathered experts from social science, human factors, plain language, and industry to examine issues in usability testing voting machines. Position papers and additional readings are posted on the workshop page. A report summarizing the work in and outline for summative testing was published after the event. Usability testing of voting systems (PDF) |
June 2004
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Can Usability Save Democracy? - A Panel Presentation moderated by Whitney Quesenbery
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February 2004 |
Trends towards greater usability in voting technology by Josephine Scott
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September 2003
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Voting and Usability Project Update by Whitney Quesenbery Elections from where I (used to) sit by Josephine Scott On being modern: New technologies and voting outside the US by Louise Ferguson |
June 2002
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Humanizing Voting Interfaces - Rebecca Mercuri's presentation as an invited speaker at UPA 2002 |
April 2002 |
Voting and Usability: An Update by Whitney Quesenbery
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