The Team:
- Ayesha Bose
- Harshini Jayaram
- Alvaro Morales
- Rachael Naphtal
The Problem:
Currently many districts still audit the results of elections by hand. This process is tedious and difficult for many reasons: it is difficult to keep ballots organized, users have to record votes while comparing them to the machine's results, and the process must be done quickly without mistakes because correcting errors is very difficult. Ballot counters need an efficient way to audit election results by hand, one which has a better interface, greater efficiency, and error-correcting capabilities.
For an election to be legitimate, it should represent the intention of all its voters. 21 states require post-election audits, and 17 others encourage them, in an effort to verify election results. Audit procedures involve a manual recount of votes. This process needs to be accurate and fast. Current manual processes are prone to errors like auditors counting ballots multiple times or skipping over ballots. An audit involves the recount of every single vote, a tedious and time-consuming process. Post-election audits could be made more efficient.
GR1: User Observation and Analysis
GR2: Designs
GR3: Paper Prototyping
GR4: Computer Prototyping
GR5: Implementation
GR6: User Testing/ Reflection
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