Thought this was very interesting today. I received in the mail an application for an absentee ballot. It was complete with a prepaid return envelope addressed to my city clerk and even had my return address in the corner. The application was already mostly filled out for me. It included a nice little letter telling me that all I had to do to vote by mail was fill out the application.
I could be wrong, but I believe I still have to show a photo ID in my state of Wisconsin in order to get an absentee ballot. All of this was courtesy of the Center for Voter Information. Of course this is a "Left of Center" organization who's founder was part of the Clinton Campaigns both in '92 and '08.