To combat voter suppression efforts that have become more common since 2000, we petition the Obama administration to:
1. Challenge voter ID laws which levy any fee as a violation of the 24th Amendment
2. Vigorously enforce the anti-caging provisions of the National Voter Registration Act
3. Set minimum national standards for voting with regard to ballot types, accessibility, and especially certification of voting machines
4. Require that the software on voting machines used in federal elections be open source, so the process is transparent and less open to manipulation
5. Mandate that paper ballots be available upon voter request
6. Designate Election Day a federal holiday, or move it to a weekend.
The things wrong with democracy can only be fixed by more democracy.