Internet voting: an idea whose time has not come
The author argued that because election officials were quick to accept Internet voting, there was little to no consultation or scientific research to address important questions. Continue reading
Civic Design Bibliography | e-voting
e-Voting intent: a comparison of young and elderly voters
Factors that could affect a persons intention to vote online was surveyed between young and elderly voters in order to increase potential voter turnout. Continue reading
Internet elections: unsafe in any home?
Explored online voting systems and countries with internet voting election options while launching a project to design an electronic voting system for its 2011 election. Continue reading
Making ballot language understandable to voters
Discussed and offered examples of best practices in giving instructions and also found that most ballots in the United States violated these best practices. Continue reading
Universal access in e-voting for the blind
Proposes a multimodal approach to voting systems that is easy to use and trustworthy for all populations to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction of the voter experience. Continue reading
Accessible voting: one machine, one vote for everyone
Reviews Prime III, an open-source multi-modal electronic voting system that grants equal access, privacy, and secure voting for people with disabilities without the assistance of others. Continue reading
T-DRE: a hardware trusted computing base for direct recording electronic vote machines
Evaluated Direct Recording Voting Machines (T-DRE) and its security systems concerning voting privacy, verifiability, signed-code execution, and resilience. Continue reading
An evaluation of web-based voting usability and accessibility
Assessed web-based voting technology and found that universal design principles were not fully understood or not prioritized for implementation by solution providers. Continue reading
Voting on a smartphone: evaluating the usability of an optimized voting system for handheld mobile devices
Usability of a voting system for smartphones offer remote participation in elections to increase voter participation. Continue reading
(e)Voting for people with disabilities and the aging
Understanding the barriers to voting for people with disabilities and older age. Continue reading
Managing requirements for e-voting systems
A technical review of the process of following laws and standards for the development and management of electronic voting systems. Continue reading
Extending prerendered-interface voting software to support accessibility and other ballot features
Extending the PRUI concept to add accessible technologies, including touchscreen interfaces, alternate input devices, and concurrent speech output. Continue reading
Prerendered user interfaces for higher-assurance electronic voting
Using a “pre-rendered user interface” (PRUI) a ballot could be published before election day, allowing public testing and verification. Continue reading