Tackling all the weak points in our elections is a tall order, but there is one place we can start: Voter registration — and specifically voter rolls which are the ultimate "source of truth" for who can and cannot vote.
When the campaign started, voters showed little enthusiasm for tax cuts.
By the time the campaign officially starts, voters know the incumbent candidate much better than the challenger.
They are already starting voter registration drives and making plans to monitor the upcoming elections.
Despite the violent start, voter turnout for the first day was relatively high, with Egypt's minister of administrative development claiming that 28percentt of the country's registered voters had cast their ballot that day alone.
With trust in short supply, it is an odd time to start alienating voters.
With that new status the library could start asking voters directly for money.
Offshoot groups are conducting focus groups, to help the eventual nominee tailor a message and to start contacting voters.
Ed Miliband has been warned by Labour MPs that he must start giving voters answers to crucial questions about the party's stance on spending and borrowing.
The second hour of the telecast will start, most voters say, with Dick Latessa, the father in "Hairspray," accepting his award for featured actor in a musical.
