Over at
The Nation, James K. Galbraith suggests that we
Abolish Election Day.
Personally, I'd miss the fleeting but satisfying sense of community citizenship, but the idea of having everybody vote by mail has much to recommend it:
1) Verifiable paper trail
2) Heightened effect of voter reg and participation drives
3) No problems at the polls with bottlenecks (which are generally class- and race-linked)
4) No exit polls
5) Last-minute (and generally more dishonest) advertising would be less important
6) "October surprises" would also be less important