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Thursday, November 6, 2008
How Design Can Save Democracy
When you went to the polls this year, was there a bit of anxiety in your stomach about whether or not you'd be able to adequately understand how to vote properly? Worried about chads? Was the design of your ballot (if not electronic) confusing? Check out this really cool interactive feature from the New York Times (posted at the end of August) which shows AIGA's comments on common design problems in ballot design and some suggestions for improvements based on new guidelines from the United States Election Assistance Commission this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/25/opinion/20080825-ballot.html
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