This document discusses guidelines for writing voting system documentation. It focuses on documentation for setting up voting systems, conducting polling, and shutting down and auditing voting systems.

In this study, we compared two ballots that differed only in wording and presentation of the language on the ballots. For Ballot A, we used conventional wording and presentation, taken from typical ballots. For Ballot B, we used plain language wording and presentation. In a study of 45 voters in three geographic locations, we compared a ballot with traditional language instructions to a ballot with plain language instructions, we took both performance and preference data Findings and conclusions are included.