Why the article is helpful
- Voting for people with disabilities without assistance
- Reviews Prime III, an open-source multi-modal electronic voting system
- Using the same system as those without disabilities allow a more streamlined process
This article reviews Prime III, an open-source multi-modal electronic voting system that grants equal access, privacy, and secure voting for people with disabilities without the assistance of others. It allows users to hear or see candidate names while they cast their vote using their voice, touch, sip/puff, as well as receive a printed voting record. Using a the same system as those without disabilities allow a more streamlined process.
Links to article
Gilbert, J., Ekandem, J., Darnell, S., Alnizami, H., Martin, A., & Johnson, W. (2011). Accessible voting: One machine, one vote for everyone. 2011 Annual Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, BC.