The Roosevelt Institution

Potential Ideas

http://rooseveltinstitution.org/challenges/democracy/potential_ideas

Potential ideas include:

 

Creating a civics curriculum: what is the best way to model one?

Securing our voting technology: Where do the discrepancies lie? How can we fix them?

Equitable distribution of voting machines

Making vote by mail possible?

Lobbying same day voter registration in all 50 states

Making voter registration easier

Making "motor voter" applicable outside the DMV

Campaign finance reform; public financing of elections

Lobbying and ethics reform; does this affect voter turnout?

Why is voter turnout so low? How can we increase it?

Gerrymandering and fair legislative districting

What should we make of the Electoral College?

What effect does the media play on voter turnout?

Should Election Day be a federal holiday? Why Tuesday?

Compulsory voting?

Celebrities and voter turnout.

How to combat voter intimidation and deceptive electoral practices.

What demographics vote less than others? Why?

 How to institutionalize civic education

Expanding the use of public comment periods and other public forums in
policy making