Voter Registration System Needs to Be Modernized

• By Robin Carnahan and Trey Grayson
• Special to Roll Call
• March 10, 2009, Midnight

As the elected officials responsible for safeguarding the most valuable asset in any election — the right of all eligible voters to cast ballots for the candidates of their choice — we were proud to see the nation’s election system rise to the challenge of historic voter participation on Nov. 4. Now, as lawmakers gather to consider changes to our election system, we must evaluate what lessons we can learn from 2008 to make our election system even better for the next cycle.