HAVA improved the situation, but 50+ separate systems leads to data quality issues. Which then trigger alarms. False positives are "voter fraud". False negatives are "caging" and "purging".

Made worse by the requirement that only eligible (active & inactive) voters appear in each database. Versus a master list of everyone with an eligibility flag, backed by an audit log.

The optimal solution is automatic, universal voter registration, maintained by each jurisdiction and hosted by the feds (perhaps http://eac.gov). Which is exactly what both parties are doing in-house. Then we can put a stop to the recurring food fight every election cycle.

Thanks for listening. My work on this issue has made me grumpy.