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Title Voting technology : the not-so-simple act of casting a ballot / Paul S. Herrnson [and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations
Contents The study of electronic voting -- A new generation of voting systems -- Voter reactions to electronic voting systems -- The accuracy of electronic voting systems -- Inequality in the voting booth -- Vote verification systems -- Toward more user-friendly voting and election systems
Summary "Evaluates five commercially available voting systems, against different criteria (including ease of use, speed, and accuracy) using field and laboratory experiments and expert reviews. Initiates new research into interactions between ballot format and voter behavior. Offers best practices for voting system manufacturers, ballot designers, election officials, political observers, and voters"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Electronic voting -- United States
Voting -- Technological innovations
Voting-machines -- United States -- Reliability
Elections -- United States -- Equipment and supplies
89.57 political participation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Elections -- Equipment and supplies
Electronic voting
Stemmachines.
Betrouwbaarheid.
Elections.
Elections -- United States.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Herrnson, Paul S., 1958-
ISBN 9780815735625
0815735626