Designing better elections

28 October 2008 | 0:00 - By Stefano Boscutti

Can design save democracy?

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After the 2000 U.S. election, in which poor ballot design voided thousands of votes in Florida, Marcia Lausen, an Illinois graphic designer, helped launch Design for Democracy, a project to redesign the political process. Her book, Design for Democracy, has been given to 600 congress members and election officials across the U.S. She's redesigned ballots, creating clean, easy-to-use forms out of dense, confusing government documents. She believes voters will be less likely to be vexed by bad design in 2008. Here's hoping.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/25/opinion/20080825-ballot.html http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-for-democracy

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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