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It's the basically the HOF Monitor. Done.
The BBWAA is a joke that will hopefully perish as newspapers die off and we run out of real 'writers'. And it's not even in the snubs that this is markedly proven. It's also true in the votes for 'real' HOFers. Why weren't Ricky Henderson, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron unanimous? What POSSIBLE argument could you structure against any of those players? Up coming, there should be no questions on Greg Maddux, Albert Pujols, Ichiro, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Alex Rodriguez or Chipper Jones. 
The BBWAA really only needs to vote on two things: non-players and 'borderline' players that *should* be tested. The rest of it can be solved by the HOF Monitor and Index Scores like the SAT or something.
We already have the 10 years requirement. Let's go a little further. The writers can hash it out when you have a Kirby Puckett, John Smoltz or Curt Schilling come up. In fact, the writers can be the ones that vote on standards, for all I care. Let's just make it a little more fair and less personal crusades and vendettas.
Too much cloak and dagger for me.