The Center for Civic Design is working on a project to learn how election offices can most effectively get updates from voters and communicate with them for their voter rolls. Our goal is to learn what designs and messages on mail notices h…
Protect voter trust with the right messaging Customizable social media messaging for election officials to share clear, calm, and accurate information when it matters most. This toolkit provides nonpartisan social media graphics and caption…
Most US elections go to the candidate with the most votes. Recently, more places are trying new voting methods: Ranked choice voting Proportional representation Cumulative voting These new ways of voting bring promise of a stronger democrac…
List maintenance mailers are a legal requirement. But whether voters recognize what they’re receiving, trust that it’s legitimate, understand what it’s asking, and actually respond is a design question. When the Rhode Island Department of S…
Most US elections are for a single person to be elected by a majority or plurality vote. This can force voters to choose between voting for the candidate they prefer and strategically voting for the one they think has the best chance of win…
Applications for this position are closed Contract – Full-time – RemoteMust be based in the US, and eligible to vote At the Center for Civic Design we work with elections offices, democracy advocates, and civic engagement organizations to m…
As election offices across the country are gearing up for the midterms, vote by mail is top of mind. We’ve been refining our tools and resources, and we wanted to share what we know about the thing that makes vote by mail actually work: the…
When you design election mail, you have to meet the needs of different audiences — including your partners at the U.S. Postal Service. USPS needs your mailpieces to be machinable and automation compliant, and navigating those requirements a…
This is a second study of ballot designs for proportional representation (PR). In proportional representation, multiple candidates win seats based on the percentage of the vote. Advocates claim that PR elections allow more voters to be repr…
Elections are a lot more than voting systems. On the web, there are forms like online voter registration, apps to find polling places, check wait times, and track ballots. Even in the polling place, there are electronic poll books and other…
When we ask voters about their voting experience, they often say that they find ballot questions confusing. They worry that the complex text is meant to deliberately trick them into voting in a way that does not match their opinion. If we a…
Setting goals is one of the most important things an election office can do to keep improving. Last year, we launched the nonpartisan Setting Goals in Election Operations toolkit to help offices do exactly that. The toolkit guides offices t…