Accessibility as Innovation Creating a voting system for everyone Whitney Quesenbery Center for Civic Design Presidential Commission on Election Administration September 4, 2013
2 Accessible. But usable? Used?
3 Different lanes move at different paces Technology Election process, habits, & culture Voting systems Laws and regulation Slower Faster
4 JAWS iPhone Apple I Macintosh iPad Blackberry IBM PC Twitter Walkman Google Facebook Telephone Fax Email VoiceOver iPod 1876 1980 1990 2000 2010 The accelerating pace of technology change
5 Universal: one voting system Flexible: allowing for differences Robust: keep up with new technology
6 1. Adopt best practices
7 better 2. Create ^ ways to collaborate
8 ‘Get out of the echo chamber’ 'A chance to work together' Photos: mtstcil.org and ITIF AVTI/CATEA
9 "Voting Vans" OpenIDEO Concept Iowa pop-up voting sites Voting Van: www.openideo.com/open/voting Iowa popup polling site: www.npr.org/2012/10/24/163560324/vote-while-you-shop-pop-up-poll-sites-sweep-iowa Images: OpenIDEO.org and ITIF AVTI/CATEA
10 Photos: MSU: testing a joystick. CATEA: testing dual switch navigation on EZBallot. GTRI: concepts for a tablet enclosure
11 3. Design for extremes
12 Start with accessibility first. Create opportunities for collaboration. Make voting easier for everyone.
13 Whitney Quesenbery Center for Civic Design whitney@wqusability.com centerforcivicdesign@gmail.com civicdesigning.org usabilityinciviclife.org @whitneyq
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