I never figured out why we had so many long lines? What was the cause of this? Shortage of poll workers?
I wrote it in the other thread already: Some places in the US have a non-working system with too many voters assigned to 1 precinct (or even worse: they are not even assigned, they just come and vote there).
The US badly needs uniform voting standards for every entity (precinct/town/county/state/country), preferably a system which automatically registers people and eligible voters, election notification cards need to be sent to every voter 1 week ahead of the election with the precinct and its address on it and a system in which there is 1 precinct for every 500 or so voters and not 1 precinct for every 50.000 voters, which would lead to smooth election days. Also, you should only be able to vote in this precinct that is shown on the election info card that is sent to you via post 1 week ahead of the election (unless you requested an absentee ballot and bring that absentee ballot with you to another precinct, then you can vote at all other precincts as well). Also, voting should probably be held on a weekend to increase turnout.
