If you want increased voter turnout, you have to give the people something worth voting for. In view of the current election debacle, the two party system is what is driving down turnout. People are sick of voting for the lesser of two evils. People are sick of voting based on their fears. Add to that the Electoral College "winner take all" system means that if I vote for a losing candidate, my vote actually goes to the winning candidate (who I voted against), so that also suppresses turnout. I, too, served in the military, but I haven't voted in 16 years because I finally realized that I was wasting my time. Given the choice between a lying criminal and a spoiled, racist hate monger, I choose not to choose.