bug in UI: impossible to change my vote

Question

bug in UI: impossible to change my vote

steve-kremer opened this issue a year ago · comments

While voting with Helios today I encountered what looks like a bug in the user interface. After having selected my choice in the Helios Voting Booth I proceed. In the 'Review your Ballot' form, when I click on "change" I return to the previous page as expected. However, my previous vote is selected and I am unable to change this selection.

I was able to produce this behavior on Firefox and Chrome on two different machines running Mac OS, as well as on Firefox on a Linux Ubuntu. (I have not checked additional platforms / browsers).

Ben Adida · Answer 1 · Tue May 09 2023 20:29:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Steve, did you try to uncheck your selection before making a new one? That can be a bit confusing at first, but is there to prevent accidental changes.

steve-kremer · Answer 2 · Tue May 09 2023 20:37:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Ben, that indeed works!

Maybe it would be worth adding a message. Initially the UI says "You may select up to 1 choices total." which is removed when you click, but maybe you could replace it by "To change your vote, first uncheck the selected choice".

Thanks!