The system becomes more corrupt, not less corrupt, and a small handful have extraordinary political power, while political life for the mass of people is impoverished. And though this is demonstrably untrue, I've found that there are an alarming number who really do believe that literally all politicians are corrupt. Of course, a healthy skepticism of government is a very good thing, but it is not good if people just tune out because they assume all political actors are corrupt. These things obviously are against the law. That can't be a good thing.
Vote fraud is hard to prove and hard to detect, so it requires a vigilant press and public.
But the press spends all its time worrying about non-corrupting activity such as whether or not Spielberg gave Gore money. Laws such as Motor Voter should be reviewed and amended where necessary, both to ensure that eligible voters can vote, and that ineligible voters cannot. Motor Voter has failed, to at least some extent, in both. We are, in essence, making war on some of our most involved, public-spirited citizens. The debate will not end unless and until the Supreme Court makes clear that you simply can't regulate this type of political activity.