Presidential commission offers ways to shorten voting lines WARREN, MI - NOVEMBER 6: U.S. citizens vote in the presidential election at the Owen Jax Recreation Center November 6, 2012 in Warren, Michigan. The race between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nominee former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains tight as Americans head to the polls to cast their ballots. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Bill Pugliano, Getty Images A nonpartisan panel of election and management experts is recommending that states embrace technology, more flexibility in the voting process and better resources for voters in order to improve the speed and ease of casting a ballot in the U.S. The Presidential Commission on Election Administration, an idea presented by President Obama during his 2013 State of the Union speech, met with theMr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday to present the findings of a six-month study that involved conversations with stakeholders like election administrators, activists, voters and academics. They concluded that the problems that led to record-long lines at the polls during the 2012 elections "are both identifiable and solvable." Many of the commission's recommendations, which they also released to the public today, advocate for the increased use of technology in the voting process: expanding online voter registration to increase efficiency and the accuracy of voter rolls, using electronic pollbooks at polling sites, and reforming the standards and certification process for voting machines to allow states to adopt cheaper technologies or software-based solutions. They warned that there is a coming crisis in voting technology since many machines were purchased a decade ago will wear out soon and there are no federal funds on the horizon to replace them. The commission also recommended both greater flexibility for voters, such as the expansion of early voting or mail balloting before Election Day, and better resources, including better training and recruitment for poll workers, outside groups ready to address the needs of voters with disabilities and limited English proficiency, and better online ballot access for military and overseas voters. The location of polling stations - typically the nation's schools - are unlikely to change, since the commission said they continue to be the best-equipped facilities in most areas. "Our aim was to transcend partisan divisions and view election administration as public administration that must heed the expressed interests and expectations of voters," said the commission's two co-chairs, Robert Bauer and Benjamin Ginsberg, who served as election counsel to President Obama and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, respectively. The recommendations do not include any federal legislation and are nonbinding for states, so they serve as more of a guidepost than a mandate. ButWendy Weiser, the head of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which works on voting issues, told CBS News before the commission's report was released that there is a "huge appetite" for improvements in the states, many of which took steps to improve the voting experience after 2012.