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Is there a mechanism to remove a voter from the rolls when he moves to another state? I doubt it. If Tennessee and Texas don’t clean up their roles periodically, it’s conceivable I’m still registered in those states even though I’ve lived and voted in Mississippi for ten years.

I wonder what occurs when postal worker returns your sample ballot because you do not leave at an address. The County Board of Election should indicate on your voter signature page that should you show up to vote , you must sign a form stating that you still live at the address.

In Hudson the rolls need to be cleaned after you miss a presidential all elections in between and then presidential. Or so I heard. No idea if even the 21 counties BOE handle those who move within the state. Some think DMV handles voter address changes along with driver's license. And then they show up to vote for President and need to vote provisional ballot

Is there a mechanism to remove a voter from the rolls when he moves to another state?

Not in Massachusetts. I left that state three years ago and when my son goes to my old precinct to vote, he still sees my name (as well as my wife) on the check-in sheet.

We registered in CT within a week of moving here so obviously CT and MA don't talk to each other. I'm thinking there are millions of people who are registered in more than one place - not necessarily out of intent of those people to commit voter fraud but out of negligence of town officials to keep their rolls clean and purge them of people who moved away or died. This of course makes it easy for corrupt election officials to "stuff ballots" for those they know will not be coming to vote that day (either they moved away or they are dead).

My solution to this problem is that the rolls get wiped clean after every election and every voter must personally re-register at their precinct every election cycle, proving that they are a citizen and that their primary residence is in that precinct. Yes, it's going to be a pain in the neck for many of us but it will bring a lot of integrity to the process.

What they do here in Texas is every two or four years they send out new cards to all the registered voters. If you’re no longer at the address, they don’t forward, they come right back and you get taken off the rolls. Supposedly. I imagine if you re-register in another address in the county they would take you off too for the old address.