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| | Name : | Aviel D. Rubin | Organization : | ACCURATE | Post Date : | 9/30/2005 |
| Section : | 2.7 | Page no. : | 2-10 | Line no.: | | Comment : | V. APPLYING A SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE TO VOTING TECHNOLOGY
A. THE HUMAN FACTORS CHALLENGE: USERS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VOTING SYSTEM
1. Voting Systems Pose Complex Usability Issues
2. The Proper Framework For Usability Certification And Testing
Long-term Goals:
• Voting systems that are both objectively usable and perceived as usable.
• Standards that ensure reliable casting of votes as a result of a system's technical capacity and human interaction with the system.
• Guidelines supported by empirical data obtained through comprehensive research on human factors.
• Achieve optimal usability by incorporating human factors early in design of the voting system.
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS:
New Provision:
Outreach to usability and accessibility experts to perform
usability evaluation.
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