Tova Wang of The Century Foundation has written this issue brief on “Improving Voter Participation.” Among its recommendations are that:

-Voters should be allowed to register up until and on Election Day.
-Election Day should be a national holiday.
-As long as a voter appears at any precinct within the county in which the voter resides, the provisional ballot cast by the voter should be counted for all countywide, statewide and presidential races.
-States should not have restrictive voter identification requirements.
-Social service agencies and departments of motor vehicles must comply with the National Voter Registration Act and provide citizens with an effective opportunity to register to vote.
-Take the partisan politics out of redistricting.
-Extend free media time to candidates.
-Parties and candidates should do more to personally engage voters.