Action | 2015 Voter Registration Application Regulation and Form Update |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 8/3/2015 |
My comments concern the readability of the form. Ten percent of adults, even with corrective measures, have difficulty reading the printed word. So we must make the form readable to minimize mistakes, and ensure that the form does not look too daunting.
Enlarge the size of the type throughout.
Use Verdana or Helvetica for ease of reading
Do away with unnecessary italics and parens of further explanations
Avoid columns (hard to visually track)
All caps in the WARNING statement of the instructions too difficult to read, Sentence case better.
No light blue background. Makes it harder to read. Black on white is best
Is the top area about the basicvoter registration requirements before the real form necessary? Use the basic Instructions to cover these topics. Lessen the complexity of the age requirement and put it in the Instructions too.
Why include the contrapositive of the instruction about the need to complete everything with asterisks at the very top of the form? Unnecessary. The first sentence is sufficient.
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 4:
Section 5:
Section 6:
/ / I am not (underlined, not bold) registered in any other state. Skip to next section.
/ / I am registered with aother name, or at another address (underlined, not bold) in Virginia, or in another state with details below. I authorize cancellation of this previous registration.
Section 7:
Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the form.
Janice Yohai