A new plan from Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke to increase voter registration by 50 million people could be a meaningful step toward increased turnout, according to experts. But first, it would need to get past opposition from state leaders who may not want to give up control of the process.

ORourke announced his proposals to increase the number of ballots cast in 2024 by 35 million new voters as part of a voting rights plan released on Wednesday. The plan also includes challenges to draconian voter ID laws and term limits on Congress, which he said limit voter engagement.

Of the roughly 236 million Americans eligible to vote, around 33 percent are not registered not always by choice .

ORourke told CBS on June 5 that his views on voting rights were shaped by his home states dismal voter turnout ranking of 50th before the 2018 election, when he unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). He said the ranking was in part due to constituents being drawn out of districts, referencing a 2017 court ruling that found that legislators had drawn districts discriminatorily based on race or ethnicity.

If we have in fact drawn people out and gotten to really terrible levels of voter participation, then the answer to that has to be drawing people in, he said.

ORourkes plan would automatically register voters electronically when they do business with a government office, a policy first implemented in Oregon in 2016, quadrupling DMV registration rates. He also proposes pre-registering 16- and 17-year-olds. It would also implement same-day registration, which is already instituted in 20 states and Washington, D.C., nationwide.

The implementation of same-day and automatic voter registration, an effective and technologically feasible measure according to experts, would likely have positive impact on voter registration numbers, but they warned the policies will face their biggest challenge politically in reaching all 50 states.