--- description: A tool for mastering everything else on the ballot this fall, how to use game theory against your kids and more. title: How to Help Voters Understand the Rest of the Ballot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How to Help Voters Understand the Rest of the Ballot by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**This tool helps voters prepare for everything else on the ballot this November.**](http://nationswell.com/ballotready-educate-voters-down-ballot-candidates/ "undefined") By Chris Peak in NationSwell **2\.** [**Kids are master manipulators. So use game theory against them.**](http://www.wired.com/2016/06/how-to-make-kids-behave/ "undefined") By Chelsea Leu in Wired **3\.** [**How one Muslim advocacy group is taking on terrorism.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/from-muslim-groups-to-federal-agencies-efforts-aimed-at-countering-violent-extremism-take-hold/2016/07/03/7af82c44-3f9f-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275%5Fstory.html "undefined") By Abigail Hauslohner in the Washington Post **4\.** [**Can our fear of Zika raise awareness of another common cause of birth defects?**](http://www.nature.com/news/zika-raises-profile-of-more-common-birth-defect-virus-1.20199 "undefined") By Declan Butler in Nature **5\.** [**This app works with a Fitbit to help women get pregnant.**](http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/clue-fitbit-pregnant/ "undefined") By Lulu Chang in Digital Trends  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4394742/elections-2016-voters-ballot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4394742/elections-2016-voters-ballot/"},"headline":"How to Help Voters Understand the Rest of the Ballot","datePublished":"2016-07-06T16:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:48.012Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4394742/elections-2016-voters-ballot/","keywords":["Innovation","Parenting","Pregnancy","Terrorism","health","campaign","Zika"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4394742/elections-2016-voters-ballot/","name":"How to Help Voters Understand the Rest of the Ballot"}}]}] ```