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There should be a No Vote tax, make it just $1–10 or something small. If you vote, you don’t pay it. Use the money to help pay for administering the elections (wouldn’t cover everything, but it’d help).
Should we fix the system so that people both want to and can vote for candidates they want?
No, that wouldn't be American. Make something punitive that can be disproportionately leveraged against the poor and marginalized community neighborhoods.
That sounds like unnecessarily punishing low income people, in my opinion it would be better to give the 10$ to those who vote.
In Australia it's $20. https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/non-voters.htm
Or do the opposite. Voting enters you into a lottery where the prize is you never have to pay taxes again.