SIGIA-L: Scott Rosenberg's take on usability and the ballot

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http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/11/09/interface_design/index.html

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From: Andrea Gallagher [mailto:AGallagher_at_scient.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:58 PM
To: sigia-l
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: Usability blunder causes U.S. Presidential
Election turmoil

Other rumor I've heard:

Florida law says you can't have a two page ballot (as someone else
mentioned). The county election person decided to increase the type size so
her older voters would be able to read it better. So an attempt to solve
one usability problem caused even more.

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