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

Silman, Jon; Florida, University Of

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.

Gatorbytes highlight for the intellectually curious the world of innovative research happening at the University of Florida. Written by professional journalists, Gatorbytes feature the top research and preeminence work being conducted at the University of Florida, written in a way that’s easy to understand.

Edition details

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