Analysis & Commentary
Ballot & Election Material Design
Make Sure Every Vote Counts
In November 2010, millions of New Yorkers voted on electronic, optical-scan voting machines for the first time. Citizens went to their polling places on Election Day, filled out paper ballots and fed them into brand-new machines. But tens of thousands of them did not count.
Authored by: Sundeep Iyer and Hazel Dukes
– 01/19/12
Avoiding the Florida Nightmare in 2012
On Election Day 2000, tens of thousands of Floridians accidentally marked their ballots in ways that could not be read by the state’s voting machines. Their votes didn’t count. The identity of our next president hung in the balance for 36 days.
Authored by: Sundeep Iyer and Lawrence Norden
– 12/20/11
Ballot Library
From the “Ballot Design Study,” core findings, recommendations as well as ballots from four counties illustrating past design flaws that may have affected elections.
– 07/20/08