I’m generally against all things federal, but I believe it’s long passed time for us to completely federalize our presidential elections with regard to registrations and voting. We need a national voter database, special voter ID cards with PIN numbers, and ID checks when a voter shows up to cast a ballot. When someone dies, they are removed from the rolls, and when someone votes(anywhere in the nation), they are in the system as having voted, and won’t be allowed to cast another ballot for president until the next election.
How difficult would this be? I’d say not very. We already give every human born in the USA a SSN, and the IRS damn well knows it when you don’t pay taxes.
It will never happen though. The interests of fraud depend on an outdated, inefficient joke of a system that make it easier for them to cheat. With the widespread fraud and manipulation of our voting system, our republic is lost.
I have long advocated a system similar to what you have outlined here. One of the major differences being that I would have voters finger printed when they first register and their finger prints scanned into a voter database. An ID card issued to you with a PIN only you know, you must use it to vote and if there are any discrepancies then you don’t vote and no provisional ballots are issued, ever. Absentee ballots must have your finger print on the outside of envelope and be scanned when received. These measures, while big government like, would cut down drastically on voter fraud. I would say implement them at state level though. I really don’t like the feds controlling anything.
I called into their office to order my absentee ballot, (which I never received) and I asked the lady I was talking to if they have had a lot of new voters and she said "oh my yes." I asked her how many and she didn't know but it was a huge number.