Voter turnout in the United States has been declining, with only 36% of registered voters casting ballots in the 2014 election, the lowest in 72 years. A Pew Research Center survey found that 70% of non-voters did not vote due to lack of time to get to polling locations. The document proposes allowing vote-by-mail and smartphone voting as ways to make voting more accessible and help increase voter turnout.

1. The intersection of technology and democracy

2. # of Registered Voters Who Did Not Vote in Millions
0M
14M
28M
42M
56M
70M
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
62M
29M
53M
20M
57M
24M
54M
30M
55M
36M
Millions of Registered Voters Don’t Vote
Source: United States Election Project (http://www.electproject.org/)

3. Voter
turnout in
2014 was
the lowest
in 72 years. !
!
(only 36%)

4. Pew Research Center
70% of non-voters in 2014 stated
that they didn’t vote because they
didn’t have time to get to the polls

5. DocuSign will provide the signature
technology.

6. Vote-By-Mail and Smartphones:
A Match Made in Democracy Heaven

7. debra@longdistancevoter.org