In their book "Off Center," Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson suggest a very simple way to increase voter participation: make Election Day a national holiday. A bank holiday.

If civic events were then organized around voting places, so that people off work could bring their kids and participate in games, concerts, lectures, conversations, or whatever the locals would be interested in, it would be a simple matter for them to spin off and vote.

Since the Republicans have limited the political activities groups like the League of Women Voters can engage in, here is a non-partisan project they could easily pull off with their devoted and skilled membership.