Every election season, thousands of volunteers toil endless hours on a task that need not exist at all: registering voters. And voters are denied the right to vote when told they are not registered.

Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia  have made voter registration automatic. Your state is 100% capable of taking the same step.

Thirty-nine states have automatic registration for a military draft.

With automatic registration for voting -- an opt-out option instead of "jump through hoops to register," as required in many states -- nobody is required to vote or even be registered. Rather, a government that already knows who we are through motor vehicle and other departments simply allows us to vote. (And the DMV in many states requires stricter proof of identity and citizenship than does traditional registration; and traditional registration remains available.)

As a result, more people vote and candidates have to win the votes of more people. Quite possibly more candidates gain traction.It becomes easier to place initiatives on the ballot by gathering the signatures of registered voters.Volunteers can set aside the endless work of voter registration and instead promote the policy positions they care about.Quite possibly more candidates gain traction.It becomes easier to place initiatives on the ballot by gathering the signatures of registered voters.Volunteers can set aside the endless work of voter registration and instead promote the policy positions they care about.