Comments on: Ballot design http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/01/07/ballot-design/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Usability, council websites and the obligation to promote democracy | Local Democracy http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/01/07/ballot-design/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Usability, council websites and the obligation to promote democracy | Local Democracy Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:23:52 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=273#comment-542 [...] to us. Usability – not just regulatory box-ticking is, it seems the key here (I posted on ballot design here a while [...] [...] to us. Usability – not just regulatory box-ticking is, it seems the key here (I posted on ballot design here a while [...]

]]> By: Anthony http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/01/07/ballot-design/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Anthony Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:26:32 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=273#comment-38 I'm not sure - if politics is really showbiz for ugly people, do we want to see them on the ballot paper? In all seriousness, voting might skew towards the more attractive candidate (cf. the US where the bald candidate hasn't won since the advent of mass TV). I mean, Ian Mikardo (http://tinyurl.com/8hno26) or Anna Friel (http://tinyurl.com/3vgw3s)? No contest. I’m not sure – if politics is really showbiz for ugly people, do we want to see them on the ballot paper?

In all seriousness, voting might skew towards the more attractive candidate (cf. the US where the bald candidate hasn’t won since the advent of mass TV).

I mean, Ian Mikardo (http://tinyurl.com/8hno26) or Anna Friel (http://tinyurl.com/3vgw3s)? No contest.

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