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Having to register to be able to vote is so silly to begin with.
In light of the fact that the US has no national ID, and the Constitutional ban on poll taxes, combined with the requirement individual states run their own elections, registration is the best option there is.
We need a way to ensure people are eligible to vote, and a way to ensure people only vote once. A big list of "people who can vote" is the answer.
That said: getting on the list should be easy. Removing someone from the list should be hard.
I feel like this is under-thinking it a bit, but bear with me:
Birth certificate: Added to the list.
Death certificate: Removed from the list
Then it's just a matter of checking age and voting in the correct precinct.
Except people move states. Or voting districts within a state. So you have to be on the right list after you move.
Birth certifications and death certifications aren't universal. There's plenty of cases where someone doesn't have a birth certificate, or a death certificate is issued in error, while the individual is still eligible to vote.
And, as a general thought experiment: How many people live in the same state, much less voting precinct, when they turn 18 that they did when they were born? How do you track that?