Re: ballot usability

[Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com>]

Had a discussion not 15 minutes ago with some of the people here on the ballot
layout. A fair number of the developers saw nothing wrong with it (I did mention
these are developers?). I think the layout is terrible....not only could someone
with compromised eyesight get confused, but someone whose mind is not as clear and
sharp as it once was could get confused, too. Whoever designed that abomination
should be very ashamed of themselves.

Jo Byrd

RWS wrote:

> I saw the ballot on CSPAN early this morning and I can easily understand how
> someone could get confused - especially someone with compromised eyesight.
>
> Also, I thought I heard on CSPAN that there were 19,000 double-punched ballots
> in Palm Beach County, not 2000.
>
> Usability was the first thing I thought of when the picture of the ballot
> appeared on the TV screen.


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