Sharon J. Laskowski

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Designing Usable Audio for Voting Systems: Best Practices and a Test Approach

January 31, 2025

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Lynn Baumeister, Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski

Voting systems must support multiple interaction modes: presenting information both visually and auditorily, accepting navigation and selections from both

Legibility of Summary-Style Printed Ballots: What makes a printed summary-style ballot easy to verify?

January 31, 2025

Author(s)

Lynn Baumeister, Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski

The ability of voters to review and verify their selections before casting their ballot is an important step in the voting process. This report explores the

Usability for Poll Workers: A Voting System Usability Test Protocol

May 8, 2024

Author(s)

Dana Chisnell, Sharon J. Laskowski, Karen Bachmann, Svetlana Z. Lowry

In this paper, we discuss our efforts to develop a repeatable test protocol for assessing usability for poll workers – temporary election officials who ensure

Training Poll Workers for Accessible Voting: Supporting voters with disabilities at the polling place

November 20, 2023

Author(s)

Sarah Blahovec, Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski

Accessible voting systems are a key feature in polling places that enable voters with disabilities to vote privately and independently. The Help America Vote

Handbook for VVSG 2.0 Usability and Accessibility Test Strategies

January 25, 2023

Author(s)

Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski

This document provides guidance and resources for how to test voting systems against the usability and accessibility requirements in the Voluntary Voting System

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