Why must voters be registered?

Answer 1

There are lots of reasons. It has to be known who can vote. There are rules determining whether you can vote or not, so it has to be made certain that you are eligible to vote. People who are not eligible cannot be registered and won't be able to vote. Election fraud can be reduced if it is known how many people can vote and what people have voted. This can stop people voting more than once or pretending to be someone else.

to be sure the voter resides at a given address which corresponds to the district the voter is voting in