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A Voting System for Everyone Accessible + Verifiable Whitney Quesenbery WQusability.com and Usability in Civic Life

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Presentation on new trends in elections at EVN 2013 on a panel "What's new that you must know about: innovations in verifiable voting." http://www.electionverification.org/

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A Voting System for EveryoneAccessible + Verifiable Whitney QuesenberyWQusability.com and Usability in Civic Life

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Disability

The outcome of the interaction between

a person with an impairment and the

environment and attitudinal barriers they

may face.

- International Classification of Functioning (ICF)

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Universal design: supports all senses

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A place at the table

‘Get out of the echo chamber’

Photos: mtstcil.org and ITIF AVTI/CATEA

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Conscious inclusion

Images: OpenIDEO.org and ITIF AVTI/CATEA

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Changing the conversation

Design the law

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Changing the conversation

Design the law

Ballot design by Oxide Design Co. More information at Usability in Civic Life: http://www.usabilityinciviclife.org/a-better-ballot-for-ny/

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Theatre ticket

or

IRS form

Mark Anywhere

Design concept from Accessible Voting Technology Initiative Workshops – http://elections.itif.org

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Anywhere, anyone, any device

Elections designed for accessibility

http://anywhereballot.orgArticle about the project: http://civicdesigning.org/featured-story/rapid-responsive-radical-the-anywhere-ballot-is-born/

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So everyone can cast a ballot that is...

Marked as intended

Cast as marked

Counted as cast

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No segregation

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Whitney [email protected]://www.wqusability.com

Usability in Civic Lifehttp://usabilityinciviclife.org

Twitter: @whitneyq