Usability in Civic Life:Voting and Usability

Resources and Links

Usability and design resouces

• First readings in usability and design
  If you are just getting started, start here
• Voting and usability research
  Work on voting performance standards, ballot design guidelines and a summary of research from the leading university projects
• Articles on voting in UPA publications
  Research articles, and informational updates
• Voting standards
  An overview of the US voting system standards usability and accessibility guidelines
  

News and resources from elections in the US and around the world

• US Government reports and legislation
  Reports and links to information about elections in the US
  • Ballot design issues in the 2006 Congressional race in Sarasota, Florida
  • Usability problems reported in the 2004 elections
  • The 2003 California recall election
  • The 2000 US Presidential election (and the butterfly ballot)
• Other voting projects
  Organizations with elections projects
  
• E-voting in the UK
  An overview of work on ballot design and other standards and legislation in the UK
  
• Security and voter verification
  A few resources and pointers to important sites with information about security and reliability issues in voting systems.