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I think that's totally reasonable, but I'm still left wondering when and how states should actually carry out purging their voter records. Would a year before a

I think that's totally reasonable, but I'm still left wondering when and how states should actually carry out purging their voter records. Would a year before a presidential/midterm election be fair? Six months? What about primary elections? As for same-day registration, I'm sort of for it, but only if people understand the cost involved. And it's not about money. I served as a poll worker in California many years ago, which has very accommodating rules for voting. You can register same-day, vote out-of-precinct, the whole smash. It makes it really easy for voters, which is a good thing. But it has a price: it makes the check-in process more complicated. If there are a lot of people who need to do same-day registration (as was the case in my precinct when the city renamed a street a few weeks before the election), then it causes long lines.

cmh89 5y ago
Why would you do it before major elections if it's just about book keeping? You could purge them a month after mid-terms and a month after general Presidential because those get the most turnout. When you purge your voter roles becomes a lot less important if you allow for registration/reregistration on election day regardless. Oregon has same day registration update (and we have motor voter) and no long-lines because we vote primarily by mail. Disenfranchising voters to 'avoid long-lines' is just a red herring. There are lots of ways to create quick, safe voting. Election problems are the result of a deliberate attempt to make voting harder for certain people. Full stop.