Effects of Multiple Races and Header Highlighting on Undervotes in the 2006 Sarasota General Election: A Usability Study and Cognitive Modeling Assessment

Effects of Multiple Races and Header Highlighting on Undervotes in the 2006 Sarasota General Election: A Usability Study and Cognitive Modeling Assessment

Large-scale voting usability problems have changed the outcomes of several recent elections. The 2006 election in Sarasota County, Florida was one such incident, where the number of votes lost was nearly 50 times greater than the margin of victory for the US Representative race. Multiple hypotheses...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Byrne, Michael D.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Social sciences
Psychology
Sarasota
Human factors
Voting
2006 Sarasota General Election
Florida
Ballot design
Undervotes
Usability study
Header highlighting
Behavioral psychology
Political science
Cognitive psychology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70254

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http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70254

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