A table-based wired information system includes a table having a plurality of
actual
positions designed to receive people and a monitor positioned so as to be observed
by people at any of the plurality of actual positions. A flat ribbon cable with
a plurality of electrical conductors less than the number of available positions
is affixed to an under-surface of the table in a flat orientation by an adhesive
backing. A plurality of vote boxes, each including a multi-position switch, are
adhesively attached to the under-surface at each of the actual positions. The cable
is coupled to the monitor system and each of the vote boxes is coupled to the cable
intermediate the ends by a press-on insulation displacement connector.