State and federal governments (i.e. those that we elect to address societal issues) could easily solve the "voting problem" if they really cared to do so. We have proven we can solve almost any problem as a country if we make it a priority. The reason states mail ballots to "everyone" is they have done nothing to keep their voter records current so the only way to ensure you don't leave someone out is you send the ballot to everyone. If you think mailing ballots to everyone gets folks upset, the legal morass of leaving folks out would be far, far worse.
While it may look like governments are encouraging voter fraud/malfeasance, that isn't the problem. It's all about incompetence and CYA by those responsible for ensuring everyone is able to exercise their legal right to vote. This happens every four years and yet most states do nothing in the interim years to make sure this doesn't happen again. If this happened in any business those responsible would be fired. In the case of our elected officials they lie and try to convince us they have done all they can and it's someone else's problem.
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