I used to teach an Information Design class. I used this image in the introductory slideshow as a case study in how poor information design changed the course of human history.
Yes, most people were able to figure it out. But most isn’t good enough when you’re talking about something riding on margins this thin…
i really admire oregon’s vote primarily by mail system. scantron type forms plus a detailed voter guide, and plenty of time to think through the options
ga’s seems really good from an accessibility standpoint though. bubble forms usually require assistance if you have vision or limb troubles. or, if english isn’t a person’s first language. having an electronic “meditator” can really help cover those gaps
and wasn’t there an issue about the paper not always being aligned? so that, unless you were looking especially closely, the paper could be a half bubble offset? ( going by memory here … )
Also the issue of if your hand strength was not up to punching through the paper, or you failed to pay sufficient attention to whether you did or not. Hence “dimpled” and “hanging” chads. Lord, that’s a PTSD triggering phrase!!
AFAICR the main thing was just that people who weren’t paying close attention assumed “second name listed = second hole in the column.” Even if 1% of people who intended to vote for Gore in Palm Beach County made that mistake it would have far more than enough to swing the election results.
We have a multilingual county, so there are several languages people can get their ballots in…
+1 on the accessibility considerations.
QR codes are fine for providing voters with a URL to verify that their vote was counted, but for maximum transparency it’s best if a human being can visually verify the part of a printed ballot that the machine will actually be scanning to tally its results.
Ours do that. I can check that it’s recorded my vote prior to printing, and then after it’s printed.
Coffman’s message to Trump: “Bring it on. Come here. I’m excited for you to come here so I could show you that the narrative that is being presented nationally about this city isn’t true, that there are no apartment complexes under gang control, that the city’s not under gang control, Venezuelan gang control.”
This should be interesting…
Depending on where you are in Indiana, you get no printout or anything to take with you except the “I voted” sticker. I moved counties and at least now this new county follows the proper procedure you’ve listed, but I’ve felt the pit in the stomach from voting and watching my ‘ballot’ disappear on the screen and being told ‘that’s it, goodbye, you’re done’.
As if TFG would actually visit an apartment complex, or any of the other places he imagines to be controlled by gangs of violent immigrants.
That does it, I’m changing my vote to the only candidate willing to save flavored vaping.
Also, he still doesn’t understand how easy it is to fact check him.
Why would someone trying to quit cigarettes need a flavored vape? Aren’t they just looking for a slightly-safer way to get a nicotine hit? It’s not like most smokers are using flavored tobacco.
I suspect many (most?) flavored vape users are too young to vote 
Finally, someone is standing up for the real victims here, those poor, defenseless tobacco corporations.
