Comment by tracker1

I like having archive/history tables. I often do similar with job queues when persisting to a database, in this way the pending table can stay small and avoid full scans to skip the need for deleted records...

Aside, another idea that I've kicked forward for event driven databases is to just use a database like sqlite and copy/wipe the whole thing as necessary after an event or the work that's related to that database. For example, all validation/chain of custody info for ballot signatures... there's not much point in having it all online or active, or even mixed in with other ballot initiatives and the schema can change with the app as needed for new events. Just copy that file, and you have that archive. Compress the file even and just have it hard archived and backed up if needed.