[Sigia-l] ballot usability redux

[Eric Reiss]

Unlike the Yellow Pages, which is primarily designed to help people
find a generic product or service (e.g. florist, plumber) rather than
a specific business (that’s the task of the White Pages), it’s fair
to assume many (if not most) voters will already have picked a
favorite candidate before going to the polls. As such, alphabetical
listing is the fastest and most efficient solution, and probably
imparts less bias than has been suggested.

With a random list, however, the process is going to be VERY slow and
California polling places are probably going to end up with waiting
lines that rival those at Disneyland. 

Cheers,
Eric Reiss

e-reiss.com
copenhagen, denmark