Interfaces for electronic voting: focus group evidence

Date

2005-01-01

Advisors

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

ISSN

1740-7508

Volume Title

Publisher

Inderscience

Type

Article

Peer reviewed

Abstract

Description

This paper shows requirements for morally acceptable interfaces when used for electronic voting in public elections. It reports on evidence from professionally conducted focus groups studying what representative citizens thought before their views were distorted by experience of particular implementations of electronic voting, and uniquely during exposure to a mock-up implementation for the first time. It uses focus groups at the stage in usability design where such a technique is appropriate. The paper has led to regular media coverage, and was specifically referred to in the Evening Standard as recently as 5th March 2007.

Keywords

RAE 2008, UoA 23 Computer Science and Informatics

Citation

Fairweather, N.B. and Rogerson, S. (2005)Interfaces for electronic voting: focus group evidence. Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2(4), pp. 369-383.

Rights

Research Institute