Voters' Evaluations of Electronic Voting Systems Results From a Usability Field Study

• Published in: American politics research Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 580 - 611
• Main Authors: Herrnson, Paul S., Niemi, Richard G., Hanmer, Michael J., Francia, Peter L., Bederson, Benjamin B., Conrad, Frederick G., Traugott, Michael W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2008; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Digital divide; Elections; Electoral reform; Electronic voting; Evaluation; Field work; Internet; Online voting; Political participation; Public Opinion; Reform; Technological change; Technology; U.S.A; Voter behavior; Voters; Voting; Voting behaviour; Voting machines; voting machines; usability; public opinion; election reform; voting technology

Electronic voting systems were developed, in part, to make voting easier and to boost voters' confidence in the election process. Using three new approaches to studying electronic voting systems—focusing on a large-scale field study of the usability of a representative set of systems—we demonst...