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The Democracy Machine: How One Engineer Made Voting Possible For All - Softcover

Silman, Jon; Florida, University Of

 
9781942852070: The Democracy Machine: How One Engineer Made Voting Possible For All
Softcover
ISBN 10: 194285207X ISBN 13: 9781942852070
Publisher: Gatorbytes, 2015

Synopsis

Engineer Juan Gilbert, a specialist in human-centered computing, was driven to make it possible for people with disabilities to vote like everyone else. He spent 10 years perfecting Prime III, an accessible electronic voting system, and his creation was tested in real voting settings and earned rave reviews from elections supervisors around the country.

Learn the story behind the voting machine designed to be used by everyone, and meet the man who has dedicated his life’s work to helping people who have been marginalized exercise this country’s most empowering guarantee: the right to vote.

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Publisher
Gatorbytes
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
194285207X
ISBN 13 
9781942852070
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
21