By trailing wifeWith all the reports lately about this or that state working to clean up the voter rolls of Deceased Americans, Imaginary Americans, non-citizen Americans and possibly, in an excess of enthusiasm, legitimate Americans, I thought I ought to do my share by checking to see if I was still registered at any of my previous American addresses.
It turns out this is amazingly easy, so long as one has an internet device, web access, and a few minutes of free time.
As a first step I googled "__county voter registration" with the name of each of the various counties I've lived in since reaching majority. Each site had a page for checking registration, which I did most dutifully, and demonstrated to my satisfaction that I have left no ghosts behind for fraudsters to use. I am happy to report ditto for Mr. Wife, and that my father -- who died two years ago -- is no longer registered. Well done, voter registrars of Erie County, NY and Hamilton and Butler Counties, Ohio!
I'm not sure what one has to do to clean up multiple registrations, but no doubt the nice people at the telephone number listed on each web page will know.