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Paper ballots
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2012–2020), in 3 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Paper ballots can be designed to be hard to useUnreviewed
20122026- People have difficulty filling out paper ballots, especially ranked-choice ones with shaded ovals2020-08-16
- Paper ballots can be designed so they are really hard to use2019-03-14
- Most paper ballot layouts are hard for voters to understand and use2012-11-06
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.