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No I don't think so. Voting is usually open for many hours during election day. There just happens to be "busier" times thru the day when a lot of people decide to go vote. It can't always be helped.
rick
YES, especially since they can easily be avoided.
Anonymous
Long lines mean there are not enough polling places to accommodate the people who wish to vote. This is a common way to suppress voting, especially in districts where the majority of the residents' political views are at odds with those who control polling places.
You see it in mostly-black neighborhoods and cities, in the local district where the college kids live, etc.
My daughter had stood in line to vote for more than six hours--twice, in different places.
They're counting on many of the people who would vote not having the time or being able to stand in long lines. In Georgia, they've just made it illegal to give water or food to anyone standing in line to vote.
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If there are long lines, that's on the local election boards to fix.
I think it is unacceptable to have to wait in line for hours because the election boards did not provide enough voting booths to reasonably accommodate the number of voters.
But then, they can only make decisions based on previous voting numbers and the number of registered voters at the time they determined how many booths and volunteers they would need.