Impressive new vote.gov redesign

On today’s anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, the Vice President name-checked vote.gov. And it looks like the site recently got a facelift that’s a giant improvement over its effectively 8-bit predecessor (which wasn’t all that different from the OG version).

With an 8-character URL, the site has some impressive new content, too — not just easy access voter registration almost anywhere in the country (c’mon, New Hampshire) or ways to check your voter registration status, but basic info about how to vote, including info tailored to a few different groups with special considerations (students, servicemembers, new citizens, voters with disabilities, voters who are unhoused, voters with convictions, etc.). All with substance ratified by the EAC, all designed for accessibility, and all in 17 different languages (so far). And the site is designed to get users into the hands of state/local election officials for the most localized, most up-to-date info as quickly as possible: it’s a smart, reliable, universal portal that’s not trying to become a substitute.

The single best way to ameliorate inaccurate information — intentional or otherwise — is to flood the zone with paths to accurate information. This is a great step forward.

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