An innovative course on design principles and their application to the election administration
field (2.0 credits). At the end of this course, students will be able to:
● Identify good and bad design in election materials and use that knowledge to review
materials or provide input to people creating election materials.
● Practice basic election design including plain language, layout, and design as applied to
common election materials such as voter information, how-to- vote instructions, poll
worker and candidate manuals, forms, and ballots.
● Apply design principles to real election materials within typical time, financial, and
legislative constraints.
● Evaluate the usability of election materials for voters and other users, using a variety of