William Murchison: “Why make voting as easy as falling off a log – and as challenging? Why not make it more of a deliberative enterprise, accompanied by meditation and even a measure of sacrifice? What’s wrong with some reasonable – non-discriminatory, may it please the court – measures meant to encourage turnout chiefly by those who exert themselves when turning out? What is the matter with some minimal formality, such as producing on demand a photo that verifies identity? … The amount of effort and devotion we put into anything generally helps determine how much we get out of it – a lot or a little. Should government take itself more seriously than do the voters, popping in on Election Day for a quick temperature check: no muss, no fuss, no bother? … Why election days at all? Why not just telephone surveys? Or would picking up the phone impose unfairly on a voter who can’t be bothered, photographically, to show his face at the polls?”