Seriously.
Databases are so compromised with obsolete entries that we hear cries to "start over." But what does that entail? Create another database that will get corrupted over time?
If we retire the voter roll database used in the most recent election and start with a clean empty database each time, that would require people re-registering to vote after each election. People need cattle prods to "get" them to do something so I doubt they'll go for that.
There are calls to move away from electronic poll books. That might work in tiny counties of maybe a few thousand voters. How do you manage a county of hundreds of thousands or several million voters on paper?
I'm interested in hearing solutions. Seems to me that anything can be stolen, including a voter ID, so an automatic process to register to vote is corruptible.
Tie it to the DMV databases. Someone moves it automatically makes the change in the system. If that person has voted and moves out of state before the voting period it rejects their vote(it should not count where they dont live) and sends them a notice of what happened and why.
Class action lawsuits against the county, or state, or SoS to clean the rolls
Honestly, the only way to "fix" the problem is to scrub the voter rolls each 2 year cycle, and people need to re-register every cycle.
Also, must present valid ID when registering to ensure you are who you say you are, and then present your ID when you vote.
Eliminate absentee and mail-in ballots except for deployed military. Everyone else can request an absentee ballot, upon an approved, verified reason.
Completely dump them. If a state can run an ad campaign 24/7 about getting your death shot, they can certainly run ads telling people that they must reregister by x date or they cannot vote. Require two forms of address verification to register. And then require confirmation every year when vehicles are assessed (I assume that's done in most states). If someone doesn't confirm by election day, they are automatically unregistered. Require ID that matches what's on file to vote.
We have to confirm our existence to state entities so many times a year....why can't any of those processes be crossverified with voter rolls?
In person voting
Paper ballots
Purple fingers
ID