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Polling Place Photo ProjectNYTimes.com announced today its launch of the Polling Place Photo Project, a nationwide experiment that encourages voters to submit photographs of every polling location in America during the 2008 primaries and general election.
By documenting local voting experiences, online users can contribute to an archive of photographs that captures the richness and complexity of voting in America.
The Polling Place Photo Project is a program of The New York Times and AIGA, the professional association for design.
The project was created by William Drenttel of Design Observer before the midterm elections in November 2006.
AIGA and its strategic initiative Design for Democracy have made ballot and election design reform a goal since 2000, shortly after ballot design flaws were exposed in South Florida.
"Designers are also citizens who realize that the very heart of the great experiment that the country's founders envisioned was an informed citizenry, able to communicate its will both clearly and effectively," said Richard Grefé, executive director of AIGA.
Grefe added that "ultimately, we want to show both The New York Times and the broader public that we see the prosaic as well as the patriotic clearly and that design counts everywhere."
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