Blind voting
Purpose
Accomodate participants who are not able to:
if the participant can not write themselves let them come up to the facilitator or an assistant, one by one and express their vote. The facilitator or assistant then notes down the vote, and throws it into the voting box.
if the voting box hole is too small for the participants dexterity, either cut a larger hole or use a bowl instead.
Make sure to present the concepts in detail – descriptions and describe the illustrations. If the participant is not comfortable with writing either – make them come up one by one to express their vote, which the facilitator then will note down and put into the voting box.
Voting box and concepts are placed in close proximity to the participants.
Input
Output
Complexity
Time
No. of participants
Activity required
Step by Step
| 1 | Print the template to cut out and fold the voting box. | 5 | Ask the participants to vote for e.g. their favorite or top three by writing the favorites/top threes number on their ballot (5 min). |
| 2 | Print and cut out the voting ballots. | 6 | Ask the participants to put the ballots in the voting box (1 min). |
| 3 | Give each concept/idea/problem a number and sum up what the concepts are about to the participants (5 min, time depends on the amount of concepts). | 7 | Empty the box and count the votes (1 min). |
| 4 | Hand out as many votes as you want the participants to have. | 8 | Present the results to the participants (1min). |
When doing this method you should consider
Print the box template as large as you can to make it easier to put in the ballots.
Keep the voting rules simple. like top three or two votes each or just your favorite.
Materials needed
Voting box, tape, scissors, voting ballots, pens
