Currently, in the UK, registering to vote is accomplished by filling out the annual canvass form that the local electoral registration office distributes. In this way, the electoral roll for a district is recompiled from scratch each year.
This system can be left in place with Anytime Voting. The only change necessary is to ensure that a voter that was on the roll the previous year retains the same voter ID number. When a voter is removed from the electoral roll, theirexisting ballots are invalidated. When a voter is added to the electoral roll, they are sent a letter and a ballot asking them to please vote at their leisure.
If the Co-ordinated On-line Record of Electors (CORE) project is ever completed, it will even be possible for vote inheritance to be applied when a voter moves. When a voter is added to a register and simultaneously removed from an old register, vote inheritance can be applied to their ballot, requiring them to vote again only if inheritance isn't possible (due to, for example, their favoured party not contesting seats in their new district).
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