I suspect it would expedite it significantly. It would probably reduce costs to expats abroad as well, so I think that would be a start.
The biggest impediment is the narrow time window. I think I just heard the ambassador from France describing the registration as ongoing. When I think about this proposal, with its very narrow time window of when the writ is dropped, I have to ask where the fire is, to have the registration done just within that time. Why the continual re-registration? Why not any time between elections, for example?
I think the Internet would be a great way of moving forward, but I also think leaving an open window for registration and verification would be as well. We have more than a million expats abroad. Let's say even 10% of those try to register in that narrow time window. Who is on the other side doing all of that paperwork in a timely manner?