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Dana Chisnell, cofounder of the Center
for Civic Design,
created the Field
Guides to Ensuring Voter
Intent as part of AIGA's
Design for Democracy
campaign. The guides
are now used as a
standard by many
municipalities.
Images courtesy Oxide
Design Co. and Center
for Civic Design.
"Election officials are designers by default."
Why hasn't design-oriented thinking permeated
the election process organically, as it has so many
other sectors of our lives? Though problems crop
up on Election Day, the infrequency of elections
makes the urgency to change anything much less
than that for public safety, education, or transportation programs. Again and again, those daily
needs are prioritized.
But signs of progress exist. Quesenbery and her
Center for Civic Design co-founder, Dana Chisnell,
served on various advisory committees put
into place after the 2002 enactment of the Help
America Vote Act, which enabled states to replace
aging voting systems and improve voter accessibility. Funded by a Kickstarter campaign,
Chisnell later created a series of Field Guides to
Ensuring Voter Intent as part of AIGA's Design
for Democracy project, which are now used as
a standard by many municipalities.
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And in 2014, President Obama created the
Commission on Election Administration, and
charged the group with studying the current
problems hindering the U.S. Voting process. Their
report, issued after a six-month study period,
deemed that the problems were solvable. It
recommended a number of best practices to help
guide local election administrators, from
identifying how the design of certain spaces lends
itself to a more successful voting process, to calling
for increased collaboration between election
officials, designers, and industrial engineers.
It also identified a number of research initiatives
and pilot projects around the country, where
election officials are beginning to employ new
kinds of design thinking in their work.
One such official is Dean Logan, Los Angeles
County Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk, who
has been a leader of a movement to change the
voter experience from the ground up. In 2014, the
county formed a $15 million contract with IDEO
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016
Iida Perspective - Spring/summer 2016
Contents
From IIDA
Behind the Issue
Contributors
IIDA Industry Roundtable
Designer Dialogue: The B Corp Wave
Can Design Rock the Vote?
The Politics of Sport
Roundtable: Office Politics
Inspiration
Colophon
Viewpoints
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - From IIDA
IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - Behind the Issue
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - Contributors
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - IIDA Industry Roundtable
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - Designer Dialogue: The B Corp Wave
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - Can Design Rock the Vote?
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2016 - The Politics of Sport
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