As the GOP Convention Begins, Ohio Is Purging Tens of Thousands of Democratic Voters

[SheilaT]

10. Many states, perhaps all of them,

have rules that allow them to purge voters who haven't voted in some specific length of time. Usually several election cycles.

When I was running for office in 2004, and doing door-to-door campaigning with registration rolls in hand, it was sometimes amazing how many voters were registered at one address. And only two actual registered voters lived there, but the prior occupants had moved and either had not re-registered, thereby purging their registration at that address, or maybe the re-registration wasn't enough to trigger the purge.

Someone who skips a Presidential election hasn't shown much commitment to voting.

There does need to be a better system. Some sort of automatic registration that is connected to your driver's license, and something else to cover all the many potential voters who don't drive.

Does anyone know how they do it in other countries?