The goal of this research was to assess the usability of a voting system designed for current-generation smartphones.Smartphones offer remote participation in elections through the use of pervasive technology and voting on thesedevices could, among other benefits, increase voter participation while allowing voters to use familiar technology.We developed a mobile voting system for the iPhone and compared its usability with traditional voting platforms.Results showed that the mobile voting system was not as efficient as the other voting methods in total interactiontime. However, smartphone owners committed fewer errors on the mobile voting system than on the traditionalvoting systems. These results, along with others, are discussed along with several important design considerationsfor voting technology.
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