At the CHI 2012 conference in Austin, Whitney joined Janice Tasi, Ben Bederson, Lorrie Faith Cranor and Herb Lin for a panel discussion – Occupy CHI! Engaging U.S. Policy Makers. Lorrie Faith Cranor, from Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab, offered advice for anyone interested in getting involved in policy issues. Most of the audience worked … Continue reading
This workshop, at UPA 2004 in Minneapolis, looked at the social, civic and methodology issues in ensuring the usability of voting systems and new voting concepts currently being trialed. Participants considered the issue of e-voting/e-participation through the lens of usability and user-centered design. The workshop looked at: Understanding the voting … Continue reading
A Washington Post article, The Tabulator: Is Florida’s 2000 Vote on the Butterfly Ballot Designer’s Mind as November Approaches? You Can Count on It interviews Theresa LaPore, almost four years after the 2000 US Presidential elections with her “butterfly ballot” included quotes from LaPore wondering why people couldn’t learn to … Continue reading
The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA), a society of professionals dedicated to making software and other products easier for people to use, announced today that it supports the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ consideration of the effectiveness of the voting experience in its decision to delay the gubernatorial recall election … Continue reading
To: The Department of Transportation Comment on: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 14 CFR Part 382: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel; Proposed Rule The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) is an international organization of practitioners in the field of usability and accessibility. Members work in industry, academic institutions … Continue reading
In June 2001, UPA and SIGCHI collaborated to bring the issue of usability in elections to the attention of all their members. Last November, America was riveted as the presidential election hung in the balance while ballots in Florida and other states were counted and re-counted. We learned a lot about … Continue reading
At the time of the election, we heard from people who felt disenfranchised by the ballot itself — voices like the voter who told the South Florida Sun Sentinel, “It was so hard to tell who and what you were voting for. I couldn’t figure it out, and I have … Continue reading
The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) today stated that simple usability practices could have significantly reduced or possibly eliminated the problems that caused some 19,000 ballots in Palm Beach County, Florida, to be disqualified in the November 7th presidential election. Usability professionals are specialists in designing forms, software, electronic and other … Continue reading
In an editorial, The Disability Lobby and Voting, the New York Times wondered why some groups see a conflict between having elections accessible to all and allowing for a verifiable audit trail. The UPA response stressed the value of a complete user-centered design approach in meeting all requirements and ensuring … Continue reading
