Eyal wrote:
I should note that over here in Israel - and AFAIK this is the case in most of the first world - we don't have to register at all. There's a database where you get entered at birth and removed at death, and if you're of the appropriate age you can vote (although you need to show ID).
The "obvious" way to do it...
2) It's more complicated in the US because you have circumstances where someone can lose the right to vote.
It´s a stupid addition, no reason to keep it.
*Note we don't have absentee or early voting, which is a drawback but not an inherent one.
Not at all? Because that´s kinda has quite a lot of potential to mess things up.
The country's small size makes it easier, of course, but given modern technology I don't see a reason why it can't scale up.
Here we have everything from dense urban population, all the way to areas where it´s literally miles between houses.
And the system here has been working fine since the 50s, with only minor changes over time needed.
Size, population or population density is just a matter of scale.