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Like many other things, in the US, voting isn't managed centrally. Most voting is run by the county, or the city if it's big enough.
Which means there are thousands of election commissions all doing things slightly differently, with massive differences in quality.
That being said, they all still follow the same laws, and voting discrepancies are very rare.
The GOP points to the discrepancies as proof of widespread voter fraud, and their proposed solutions are to remove large numbers of voters from the registration. Many voters in the US, such as poor, young, and minority groups, tend to vote less consistently than older, rich, and white voters, purging registrations of people who don't vote consistently will tend to favor Republicans.
While removing someone from voter registration lists doesn't mean they can't vote, it does add additional steps to the voting process. Which makes people less likely to vote.
Also, some places require you to re-register at least a few weeks in advance of any election, so if they sent mail to an old address you never saw telling you your registration was deleted months ago but you only find out on election day when you go to vote you could be screwed no matter how badly you want to vote
Oh, so like cleaning the slate (in their argumentation).
And yes, I know there's serious systemic voter discrimination going on in the USA. They should just replace the whole voting apparatus wholesale for something less prone to abuse, but whooo the constitutionalists would go batshit.