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Design and Democracy

Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design (ebook) by Marcia Lausen
Showcases adaptable design models that can improve almost every part of the election process by maximizing the clarity and usability.
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This Is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed Ballot (ebook) by Alicia Yin Cheng
An exploration and celebration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this visual history reveals unregulated, outlandish, and, at times, absurd designs that reflect the explosive growth and changing face of the voting public. Available through ProQuest eBook Central (login required).

Making Futures: Marginal Notes on Innovation, Design, and Democracy (ebook) by Pelle Ehn (Editor); Elisabet Nilsson; Richard Topgaard
This book describes experiments in innovation, design, and democracy, undertaken largely by grassroots organizations, non-governmental organizations, and multi-ethnic working-class neighborhoods.
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Design As Democracy : Techniques for Collective Creativity (ebook) by David de la Pena (Editor); Diane Jones Allen (Editor); Randolph T. Hester (Editor); Jeffrey Hou (Editor); Laura J. Lawson (Editor); Marcia J. McNally (Editor)
Shows how to design with communities in empowering and effective ways.
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