Marcia Lausen, a graphic designer and professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, published a book last fall called Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design. The book proposes the work of graphic designers could fix failed ballots (e.g., hanging chads of 2000) and other polling flaws.

The Herald Tribune profiles Lausen, her book and the work she’s doing through the group she co-founded in 2000: Design for Democracy. [Arkitip]

Reminds me of the Your Billion Dollar President podcast from December with Michael Bierut on the design/redesign of our election process. With reading his book, watching him in Helvetica, I’m about maxed out on this guy. Still very interesting. 

Since it relates and made me laugh: it really is quite true. [YourMonkeyCalled]