Confusing Ballot Interface -- Bad Interaction Design?

Voting in California-- you have to complete the arrow. It's a terrible Interaction Design decision!

The first time I saw this, I had no idea what was going on, usually arrows imply movement or relationships between what's on one side and what's on the other -- not the case here at all, as you can see. Sorry about the horrible photo, I took it with my iPhone in the polling booth, which was in someone's garage and not very well lit!

Here's a good article on the subject from slate.com

What Color is YOUR Precinct?

Cool election-related tool.

Zoom in on the map and find your neighbors and which party they've contributed to! Yikes.

It's called "FundRace 2008". Here's what they say:

Want to know if a celebrity is playing both sides of the fence? Whether that new guy you're seeing is actually a Republican or just dresses like one? If your boss maxed out at that fundraiser or got comped? Whether your neighbor's political involvement stops at that hideous lawn sign?

FundRace makes it easy to search by name or address to see which presidential candidates your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors are contributing to. Or you can see if your favorite celebrity is putting their money where their mouth is.

FundRace gives you the technology to do what politicians and journalists have been doing for years: find out where the money's coming from, see who it's going to, and solve the mystery of why that crazy ex-roommate of yours is now the Ambassador to Turks and Caicos.

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php

This was originally created at Eyebeam, and is based on contributions to the 2004 or 2008 elections filed with the FEC.

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This one is my favorite, a little girl reciting all the presidents...