Innovation in Voting Accessibility

Federal Communications Commission
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
9:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-ai-event-spotlight-innovation-voting-acc...

In 2002, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was created to provide all citizens equal access to the electoral process, regardless of ability. As part of an ongoing effort to improve voting accessibility, Dr. Gilbert and his lab developed Prime III, a secure, multimodal electronic voting system developed by his lab that takes a universal design approach to address security, trust, and ease of use issues. Dr. Gilbert and his research lab won the FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility in the Civic Participation Solutions category for development of Prime III.

Dr. Gilbert and his research team were recently awarded a $4.5 million dollar grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to conduct research on accessible voting technologies. Dr. Gilbert's research team has also conducted studies on the time it takes to vote in an effort to reduce voting lines on Election Day. This presentation will include a demonstration of Prime III and other voting innovations on which Dr. Gilbert has worked.