Democracy in America? by Benjamin I. Page & Martin Gilens

Author:Benjamin I. Page & Martin Gilens [Page, Benjamin I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-226-50901-3
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

REFORMS TO FACILITATE VOTING. It is easy to come up with reforms that would lower individuals’ costs of voting and thereby increase voter turnout. The best single reform would be universal, government-administered registration, about which we will have more to say in a moment. Short of universal registration, we could at least allow same-day registration at polling places when people show up to vote.63 Online registration and registration updating were shown in the 2012 California election to increase the number of voters, especially among young people.64

After more (preferably all) Americans are registered, we could make it much easier to vote by holding elections on a holiday rather than a working day; by allowing for early voting or universal absentee voting;65 or by holding all-mail elections. Longer in-person voting hours, more polling places and voting machines, and perhaps Election Day voting centers in high-density population areas would help as well.

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