Now I'm not the type of guy who starts witch hunting people who decide not to vote. In fact I almost didn't vote myself last election. Still, I think that if the government federal or state gave a little more incentive voter turnout would be far less of an issue. I'm also not in the business of deciding what those punishments rewards should be but I think monetary would be the best. Something simple, like a tax write off or penalty that depends on whether you voted or not. Simple to implement, effective motivation.  Edit Guess I should clarify, I you don't have to vote for someone. No one can force you. You would just have to show up, and hopefully you'd vote. The idea was to just get more people to turn out. Anyways, I ed on the grounds that it's actually a very dangerous slope to keep track of whose voting or not. Too much government power over the individual​. Furthermore there's not benefit to be had in punishing people for not voting. That being said, I still think there would be some good in rewarding people but not in the way I describe.
United States There should be a penalty for not voting or a reward for voting in order to increase voter turnout.