Build a great election website with this new guide

March 11, 2025

Our new guide, Designing Election Websites, is meant for busy election officials who want the essential information to improve a website (or build one from scratch).

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Testing ballots: Real names or fictional? Direct how to vote or not?

May 9, 2009

Why fictional-but-realistic ballots work best for usability testing.

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Text on the left or right – which works better?

September 30, 2008

A usability test compared two ballots to see which one worked better for voters.

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Style Guide for Voting System Documentation at NIST

September 19, 2008

Research on how to write a manual for poll workers setting up and running voting systems

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It comes down to plain language

August 6, 2008

Writing explanations of ballot measures in San Francisco

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