14 posts in "Tag: election design"
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Election websites need great headings, accordions, and clear navigation
Building on our earlier research, we discovered trends about what works well in election websites and what confused voters. We hope these findings will be...
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Speed up form design with our new InDesign template
Our new InDesign template makes it fast and easy to create print masters and accessible, fillable forms at the same time.
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Looking back and looking ahead
Highlights and lessons learned in 2021, and 2 tools we're excited to share with election offices in 2022.
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Five reasons to learn about design in election administration!
Want to be an election designer? This is your chance to learn what it takes.
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Attention-grabbing style: typography to grab (and hold) your reader’s attention
Typography can help - or hurt - your desire to convey important information to voters. We reviewed the available research on 4 typography choices. Here's...
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Now is the time to update your forms
Improve forms and other notices to voters during the off-cycle by making them official yet friendly, highlighting time-sensitive information, and using plain language
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Small changes make a big difference in vote-by-mail
Easy ways to make vote-at-home envelopes work better for voters (and the post office.)
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Helping vote-by-mail ballots make their way to the voter and back again
How to help vote-by-mail ballots get to voters and back to the elections office.
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Civic designing: tools and templates
Free (or super cheap) tools and resources for every part of election administration, from voter information to how you make decisions about voting systems.
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Language access
How do we design election systems to meet voters’ language access needs? Project partners: Center for Technology and Civic Life. With support from NIST
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Future voters: What makes a good president?
Checking back in with the student elections at P.S. 20
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Election admin – 4th and 5th grade style
Running their own elections teaches students in NYC how to be seen and heard.
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Designing for democracy: Once you get started, it’s hard to stop
Taking the first step to a new design can be hard, but it can become addictive. (FOCE Webinar)
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Election design course, online, at Election Academy!
A first-in-the-nation course on election design created for (current and future) election officials.
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