Making Voting Easy, Efficient and Fair (Part 3)

July 19 (Bloomberg) -- Now that President Barack Obama hasappointed the members of his new Presidential Commission onElection Administration, the hard work begins: developingreforms that would both improve the voting process and have arealistic chance of being adopted. Despite what some skepticshave said, the commission has the potential to make a realdifference.

To maximize its chances of success, the commission shoulddevelop two sets of recommendations: first, a list oftechnocratic improvements that can attract bipartisan support;second, a more ambitious “grand bargain” to transform U.S.elections by enacting some of the bigger reforms that bothDemocrats and Republicans have sought.