December 10: Please volunteer - flash usability test of ranked choice voting in Oakland and San Francisco

What about the design of ranked choice ballots could be changed to help voters
vote they way they intend?

Please join me in learning about voters mental models of ranked choice voting
and how the models are affected by ballot design.

There are no political parties involved  this is absolutely independent
research. I have no position on whether jurisdictions should be using ranked
choice voting (RCV). The project is funded out of my own research budget
(which is actually zero).

I am interested in what the experience is like for voters voting in ranked
choice voting (RCV) contests.

- What questions do voters have?
- How well do they understand how to vote RCV?
- What are voters intentions in marking an RCV ballot (that is, what is their
mental model of what theyre doing and how it works)?
- Are there particular types of voters who mark the ballot a particular way 
and why? How confident are they that their vote will be counted as they
intend?


+++ How you can help +++

>> Volunteer to gather data on December 10
Well need 2 or 3 people in each location to invite passers-by to take part,
take notes, administer a quick demographic questionnaire, and take notes for
each session.

Well provide note-taking forms and writing instruments, ballots for
participants to vote on, and $10 toward transit costs. Therell be a round of
beers at the end, too.


>> Find places to hold sessions
We need indoor spots that are close to street / foot traffic where well see a
cross-section of people who are eligible to vote. Public library branches are
good, the Y can be good, farmers markets or flea markets, storefronts of
various kinds could also work. If you have ideas and / or connections to
places in various neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco, please help us
get in touch and get permission to use them. Were looking for 3 places in
each city.



>> How itll work
10:00 AM Meet up, sign in, get a quick briefing, get assignments, gather
materials.

10:30 AM Fan out to 6 locations across Oakland and San Francisco.

11:00 AM (ish) Start intercepting volunteer voters as participants. Observe
individual people voting in 10-minute sessions.

1:00 PM Call in (or tweet) to the Mother Ship with a progress report.

2:00 PM Meet up to deliver data, return materials, and drink beer.



Sign up! Spread the word.

Send me an email with your contact information and how you want to
participate:[email protected]. I will send you details of meeting places
and logistics. Tell your friends! Students welcome to help gather data.

Hope to see you on Saturday.
Dana


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Dana Chisnell
415.519.1148

dana AT usabilityworks DOT net

www.usabilityworks.net
http://usabilitytestinghowto.blogspot.com/
www.civicdesigning.org
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