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Good entries keep rolling in for this months 1 Hour Design Challenge - Design Democracy edition - and you all seem to be having a lot of fun with it. Recently we've gotten several proposals that take the concept of the voting booth to some ridiculous, commentary-laden extremes, like this one from jknodell, that puts voters through a hudraulic-enabled carnival ride showing the potential consequences of their vote before letting them stagger dizzily to the adjacent voting booth:

Then we've got Brett_nyc's keen observation about the similarity between the decision Morpheus poses to Neo, and the one we're all facing on Nov. 4:

Vinishree turns the booth into a sculpture, depicting a barren tree that bursts into life as votes are added to it:

But the most fun so far is probably this gem from TheMunesterOfPortSalut. Not much to look at:

but read the description:

...November 4th, all channels broadcast recordings of debate/discussion during voting hours.

-Cameras behind the screen identify the viewer's retina and track eye motion.

-A monkey with a tamborine is superimposed between the candidates.

-The candidate who gets the most attention gets the viewers passive vote.

-Attendance at a polling place replaces the passive vote with an active vote.

-If the monkey wins, congress must entertain a motion that the US recognize the next American Idol as Supreme Dictator of the Known Universe...

You've still got three more days to submit your democracy-saving design, and remember, every entry gets personally reviewed by no less than William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand, who constitute two-thirds of Design Observer's editorial staff, and founded The Polling Place Photo Project now featured on the New York Times. So you know you'll be getting some good feedback.

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