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Universal access in e-voting for the blind

Why the article is helpful

  • Today’s voting trends
  • E-voting systems have made attempts to include disabled voters but have failed to do so effectively
  • Proposed a multimodal approach to voting systems

 

With today’s current polling procedures, many disabled voters cannot vote without additional assistance. E-voting systems have made attempts to include disabled voters but have fallen short, especially with people who are blind or visually impaired. Using recent developments in technology a secure, user centered, multimodal electronic voting system has been developed to study a multimodal approach for providing equity in access, privacy and security in e-voting. The findings proposed a multimodal approach to voting systems that is easy to use and trustworthy for all populations to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction of the voter experience.

 

Links to article

 

Gilbert, J., McMillian, Y., Rouse, K., Williams, P., Rogers, G., McClendon, J., & Mitchell, W., Gupta, P. kpong-Ruffin, I., & Cross, E. (2010). Universal access in e-voting for the blind. Universal Access in The Information Society, 9(4), 357-365.