13NFL1-Compulsory Voting Page 120 of 163 www.victorybriefs.com WE JUST NEED TO MAKE VOTING MORE CONVENIENT TO BOOST TURNOUT. Tia Ghose 12, [LiveScience
Staff Writer, "Why 40% of Americans Won't
Vote for the President,
LiveScience, November 5, 2012. When lines keep
voters waiting several hours, it's easy to see why many people skip the whole ordeal.But states are increasingly adopting more
convenient methods for voting,
such as mail-in ballots, same-day voter
registration and early voting, McDonald said. Most of these efforts improve turnout
by a few percentage points, he said.The best hope for changing turnout long- term
is to get young people voting, Scruggs said. If teenagers get used to casting ballots from the get-go, they are likelier
to become lifelong voters, he said"Voting is sort of a habit" he said. "We should be out in the high schools trying to convince people that it's a really great habit to vote"
