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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Campaign finance reform. Again.
2. Shorten the length of the election cycle. Primaries should not be held until August at the earliest.
3. Extend voting times--or move it to a weekend to increase voter turnout.[/quote]

None of this will happen because one of the two main parties has a serious vested interest in it not happening.

Or as

"Voting inconveniences aren't really just a technical problem. There are partisan implications to making voting logistically difficult—Republicans think it helps them win elections—so there's little effort put into finding ways to make it easier. After all, you can also eliminate line waiting with a low-tech vote-by-mail system but few places do that."

Bottom line is that the GOP base thinks that Democratic votes are illegitimate because they're Democratic votes. They'll do anything they can to reduce them. Doesn't work the other way.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/11/05/voting_lines_there_should_be_an_app_for_that.html[/quote]

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