Accessible Voting Technology Initiative
Daniel Castro
Project Director, ITIF Accessible Voting Technology Initiative

June 20, 2014
NIST Webinar
Three Phase Research Project
•	Defining the problem
•	Designing a solution
•	Looking to the future
Defining the Problem
•	Accessibility of current voting systems (University of Washington)
Working papers available at: http://elections.itif.org/resources/working-papers/
Defining the Problem
•	Barriers to political participation for people with disabilities (University of Utah)
•	Ethnographic research on the voting experience of people with disabilities (Georgia Tech)

Working papers available at: http://elections.itif.org/resources/working-papers/
Designing a Solution
•	Innovation Challenge (OpenIDEO)
–	“How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone?”

Winning concepts at: http://www.openideo.com/open/voting/winning-concepts/
Designing a Solution
•	Accessible voting design workshops (Georgia Tech)
Designing a Solution
•	Simplified ballot interface (Georgia Tech)
Designing a Solution
•	Mobile ballot interface 
(University of Baltimore)
Designing a Solution
•	Voting Technology
–	Joystick control and mounting bracket (Michigan State University)

Designing a Solution
•	Accessible iPad case for elections (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Designing Solutions
•	Voter Guides
–	Web-based voter guide for people with aphasia (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
–	Interactive voter guide for people with cognitive disabilities (CITRIS)
–	Election data lookup tool (Apps4Android)

Designing Solutions
•	Pilot programs for supervised voting by people in group living facilities (UC Berkeley)

Designing Solutions
•	Evaluation of iPad voting for people living in long-term care facilities (Assistive Technology Partners)
Looking to the Future
•	Online training materials for poll workers (Georgia Tech)
•	Online course on universal design for voting system developers (Georgia Tech)
Looking to the Future
•	50 Ideas for More Accessible Voting
Available at: http://www2.itif.org/2012-fifty-ideas-accessible-elections.pdf 

Looking to the Future
•	Innovations for Accessible Elections
Available at: http://elections.itif.org/resources/report-innovations-in-accessible-elections/
Learn more
•	All material from the ITIF Accessible Voting Technology Initiative is available at: http://elections.itif.org

Thank you!
Email: dcastro@itif.org
Twitter: @castrotech