La Petite Claudine
INDEX:05 COMMUNITY --AIGA Design for Democracy: Election Design
Activities + Place + People = Community
For our work, community can be de.ned as the sum of the activities, places, and people involved in election process. Our program is designed to improve the lives of all who come in contact with the tasks, environments, and exchange of participatory democracy. It is our intent to in.uence the design of election materials and processes on a national scale. As we continue our work, the prototypes developed from 2000-04 are to be made available as models for improvement for local, national, and internation-al election authorities.
Activities: Design of things the voter sees and does
In November 2000, 111 million people cast ballots in the U.S. general election, yet 186 million were eligible to vote. Our program for encouraging participation includes a vote! logo designed to symbolize the con.dence, pride, dedication, enthusiasm, duty, and sense of community that represents participation in democratic process. Our contribu-tion to AIGA Get Out The Vote is designed to reach voters who may be disenfranchised by language or cultural barriers.
Ballot design reform is where we began, and it remains the core of our election design initiative. We have established basic guidelines for increased clarity and legibility, and have begun to address the legal and procedural changes that will be necessary for signi.cant improvement.
Place: Design for the environment the voter experiences
The Polling Place is a temporary, often confusing, environment. Most polling places are in neighborhood locations: school auditoriums, church basements, of.ce building entryways — spaces that were not designed for the purpose of conducting an election. Our work addresses the temporary nature of the environment by providing signs that clearly identify way.nding, information, instruction and services.
People: Design for those with whom the voter interacts
Those who serve in the polling place have direct in.uence on the voter’s experience. They also impact the ef.ciency of election administration. Our work provides detailed guidelines for page layout and content management of a pollworker training and reference manual including templates for electronic training support.
The forms, envelopes, and instructions used for election record keeping and vote re-cording can be very confusing for pollworkers. Design for Democracy has developed a document management system that includes large reference numbers, consistent placement of information, clear instructions, and a color coding system that provides instant, useful information.
INDEX:05 COMMUNITY --AIGA Design for Democracy: Election Design
Activities + Place + People = Community
For our work, community can be de.ned as the sum of the activities, places, and people involved in election process. Our program is designed to improve the lives of all who come in contact with the tasks, environments, and exchange of participatory democracy. It is our intent to in.uence the design of election materials and processes on a national scale. As we continue our work, the prototypes developed from 2000-04 are to be made available as models for improvement for local, national, and internation-al election authorities.
Activities: Design of things the voter sees and does
In November 2000, 111 million people cast ballots in the U.S. general election, yet 186 million were eligible to vote. Our program for encouraging participation includes a vote! logo designed to symbolize the con.dence, pride, dedication, enthusiasm, duty, and sense of community that represents participation in democratic process. Our contribu-tion to AIGA Get Out The Vote is designed to reach voters who may be disenfranchised by language or cultural barriers.
Ballot design reform is where we began, and it remains the core of our election design initiative. We have established basic guidelines for increased clarity and legibility, and have begun to address the legal and procedural changes that will be necessary for signi.cant improvement.
Place: Design for the environment the voter experiences
The Polling Place is a temporary, often confusing, environment. Most polling places are in neighborhood locations: school auditoriums, church basements, of.ce building entryways — spaces that were not designed for the purpose of conducting an election. Our work addresses the temporary nature of the environment by providing signs that clearly identify way.nding, information, instruction and services.
People: Design for those with whom the voter interacts
Those who serve in the polling place have direct in.uence on the voter’s experience. They also impact the ef.ciency of election administration. Our work provides detailed guidelines for page layout and content management of a pollworker training and reference manual including templates for electronic training support.
The forms, envelopes, and instructions used for election record keeping and vote re-cording can be very confusing for pollworkers. Design for Democracy has developed a document management system that includes large reference numbers, consistent placement of information, clear instructions, and a color coding system that provides instant, useful information.