Thread by @danachis

Hey, you UX nerds who are ready to do teardowns of elections in Florida, may I suggest a little homework, first.

I have some reading assignments.

Why U.S. elections are the way they are: medium.com/civic-designin…

Tech in elections administration: medium.com/civic-designin…

Making voting universal: medium.com/civic-designin…

The difference between the experience privileged voters have and burdened voters have:

medium.com/civic-designin…

Showcases of EXCELLENT work BY election officials across the country: civicdesign.org/showcase/

Yes, there is a federal commission. They publish guidance and standards for voting systems and election administration. You might be interested in the voting system certification process.
eac.gov/voting-equipme…

And, yes! Ballot design standards!

eac.gov/election-offic…

Much data is collected about how elections get run.

eac.gov/research-and-d…

Maybe you’d like some popular press pieces to put in your Instapaper. @civicdesign’s @whitneyq is featured in the Sun Sentinel:

sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/…

@civicdesign @whitneyq The high stakes of ballot design, again featuring the brilliant @whitneyq, of @civicdesign

eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-high-stake…

Please sign up to be a poll worker in the next election.

It’ll be the best field research you’ve ever done.

And, for heavens sake, follow @civicdesign where we tweet every day about design in elections and work to support election officials everywhere who are making elections better.

@civicdesign If you made it this far in the thread, you deserve a treat. A fantastic talk by @whitneyq about ballots that fool voters:

slideshare.net/CivicDesign/de…

@civicdesign @whitneyq So! I tweeted all this from my personal account because, right now, I have more followers than my company account.

Please follow @civicdesign to stay current design in elections and government, generally.

@civicdesign @whitneyq People who did the work in the references I included:
@whitneyq
@taapsiturvy
@MaggieOllove
@GinnyRedish
@colinpmacarthur
+dozens of volunteers
+hundreds(?) of election officials
+thousands of voters and not-yet-voters

@civicdesign @whitneyq @taapsiturvy @MaggieOllove @GinnyRedish @colinpmacarthur AND
@nancyf
@dougchapinjr
Ethan Newby
@cydharrell
@keelapotter
@KelseySLim

… Who am I forgetting? Add your name ...

OH OH OH OH could not have done any of it without our excellent partners at @oxidedesign! They have made us look good for years and @drewoxide headed the first work on ballot design guidelines.