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How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone?
Mission #1
Share Your Election Story
Tell us about your election experiences.
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Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
Let's get active and learn about the needs of voters and other individuals.
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Mission #3
Understand the Democratic Process
What does democracy look like where you live?
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Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
How might we use outside news, innovations or insights to inform our efforts?
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Mission #5
Surprise Us
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Airport Analogy
As I was reading about long lines, difficulty of access, lack of understanding, I could not help thinking of the experience of going through security in airports. Can we learn from this stressful experience to make voting more accessible? Submitted by: Anne-Laure Fayard MISSION #4: Learn from Analogies
Mission #1
Share Your Election Story
in France some of the most simple way of voting is for presidential and referendum - as the question and answer are simple - no multiple choice questionnaires where ticking becomes random.
Picture and paper - old fashioned way?
in France some of the most simple way of voting is for presidential and referendum - as the question and answer are simple - no multiple choice questionnaires where ticking becomes random.
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Gwenaelle Deloux
February 20, 2012
05:25PM |
Mission #3
Understand the Democratic Process
Should I fly home to vote?
If setting a virtual voting system isn’t possible, how can a country encourage oversea voters to plan a flight back home and vote?
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Ting-Han Huang
February 20, 2012
05:12PM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
From- Manjula, my cheerful and less educated maid.
Using the interview kit , i had an interesting session with my less educated but very cheerful and active maid. She was very quick in complaining about the things she din't like !
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Mamta Gautam
February 20, 2012
05:06PM |
Mission #5
Surprise Us
3V: VIEW, VOICE, VOTE @20:00 on the (hulu.com) model
I am turning the camera on the voters. The candidates are going to listen to the Viewers that Voice their Vote.
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Patricio M. Hidalgo
February 20, 2012
04:59PM |
Mission #3
Understand the Democratic Process
Super PAC
In USA it seems like politicians rely a lot upon branding and marketing just like a beverage or a sneaker (fast movable consumer products). They spend lots of money on TV ads and propaganda.
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Johan Löfström
January 30, 2012
09:52PM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
Voting Without Arms
The wheelchair is the International symbol for accessibility, but physical disabilities are not limited to the use of wheelchairs. This man is able to travel on an airplane independently, but not without help.
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Tomáš Zeman
February 07, 2012
01:33AM |
Mission #3
Understand the Democratic Process
Long lines waiting to vote
One problem I see with elections are the long lines to vote. This makes voting inconvenient and difficult if you don't have time, patience, or energy to stand in a long line.
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Daniel Castro
January 27, 2012
07:07AM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
Turning colors into sounds, and vice versa
Neil Harbisson is an artist who suffers achromatopsia, a condition that only allows him to see in black and white. But with his ‘eyeborg’ he translates colors into sounds, and vice versa. Why not use sounds and colors to develop another voting?
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Laura Espiau
January 28, 2012
07:11PM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Wheelchair Tour of Voting Booths--put policy makers in wheelchairs to test accessibility
Tourists tour the old Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachlaot by wheelchair to test its accessibility. What if our policy makers all got into wheelchairs (or had blindness goggles or specialized earplugs) to test compliance with the Help America Vote Act?
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Rebekah Emanuel
February 12, 2012
09:43PM |
Mission #5
Surprise Us
Singapore's government map: http://www.onemap.sg/index.html and Tunisia's government data site: http://dataviz.fhimt.com/ are both excellent examples of governments creating excellent tools for public use.
Government innovations
Singapore's government map: http://www.onemap.sg/index.html and Tunisia's government data site: http://dataviz.fhimt.com/ are both excellent examples of governments creating excellent tools for public use.
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Charlotte Burgess
February 08, 2012
03:18AM |
Mission #1
Share Your Election Story
Elections: A kind of festive season in India
I grew up in a small town in India with political background through my relatives who contested elections. With them throughout my childhood I got a chance to meet the Indian voters of small towns
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Deepak Singh
January 28, 2012
10:22AM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Mail me things I need
Every month around 14th, I will receive an empty envelope from the super, it reminds me to mail the check on time. So maybe this is a good way to remind voters to join the election as well.
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Jiangxuan Wu
February 19, 2012
09:05PM |
Mission #1
Share Your Election Story
Interactive television technology offers an easier accessible way for people with disabilities to vote privately and independently. More homes have TVs, people are familiar with their controls, and there is much commercially available AT for TV.
Develop an option to vote using your TV
Interactive television technology offers an easier accessible way for people with disabilities to vote privately and independently. More homes have TVs, people are familiar with their controls, and there is much commercially available AT for TV.
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Greg McGrew
February 09, 2012
05:10PM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
After having interviewed several people about their voting experience, the general consensus was that registering for the voting process was simple. However, attaining valid, unbiased information on candidates proved difficult.
Experiences in the voting process
After having interviewed several people about their voting experience, the general consensus was that registering for the voting process was simple. However, attaining valid, unbiased information on candidates proved difficult.
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Brian Kay
February 07, 2012
06:13AM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Faithful companion
Dogs are our best companions, have you seen the movie "the artist"?
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Kam
February 08, 2012
08:20AM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Designing multisensorial experience
What if voting was an experience that involves all of our senses?
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Kam
February 10, 2012
03:03PM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
“Ease of use”
While talking to people for my user study on agriculture based projects and Redesign of ATM for illiterates and semi literate users, I got a chance to visit rural India at the time of elections.
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Deepak Singh
January 28, 2012
10:57AM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Proxy voting
Delegating somebody to vote on behalf of others can have two benefits: [1] People are able to vote who otherwise wouldn't be able to vote, [2] The person casting the vote on behalf of somebody else can also vote themselves.
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Yarun Luon
February 17, 2012
08:24AM |
Mission #4
Learn from Analogies
Mobile ID Scanners - Bring Voting to the Citizen
Mobile ID scanners and mobile credit card payment solutions provide the technology necessary to securely capture voter data and transmit it securely via tokenization.
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Kevin Burnett
February 13, 2012
05:26PM |
Mission #2
Explore through Empathy
Web Surfing & Reading Documents with Blindness: What's it like to use a screen reader?
What's it like to use a computer if you're impaired by blindness? Screen readers are often used to facilitate activities like reading and web surfing. Learn how it feels to use a screen reader by watching this video.
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Vincent Cheng
January 25, 2012
12:19PM |
