Why the article is helpful

• Best voting practices during elections in order to significantly improve the American voter’s experience and promote confidence in the U.S.
• Commission’s key recommendations

After much research, this report included best voting practices during elections to significantly improve the American voter’s experience and promote confidence in the U.S. administration. Also included are the Commission’s key recommendations that need to be addressed.

Additional details

Problems observed:

• Long wait times
• Mismanagement
• Limited or misallocated resources
• Long ballot
• Transmitting ballot
• Accommodations for voters with disabilities or with limited English proficiency
• Bloated and inaccurate voter registration lists

Key recommendations:

• Modernization of the registration practice through continued expansion of online voter registration and expanded state collaboration in improving the accuracy of voter lists
• Measures to improve access to the polls through expansion of the period for voting before the traditional Election Day, and through the selection of suitable, well-equipped polling place faculties, such as schools
• State-of-the-art techniques to assure efficient management of polling places, including tools the Commission is publicizing and recommending for the efficient allocation of polling place resources
• Reforms of the standard-setting and certification process for new voting technology to address soon-to-be antiquated voting machines and to encourage innovation and the adoption of widely available off-the-shelf technologies

Links to article

• The Presidential Commission on Election Administration