Biggest Arizona county to revamp polling to avoid long lines

[TexasTowelie]

Arizona’s most populous county has agreed to develop a plan to avoid polling place wait times to settle a lawsuit a civil rights group filed after thousands of people waited for hours to vote in the March presidential primary.

The settlement announced Thursday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law requires Maricopa County to implement a plan to monitor and reduce wait times before the Nov. 8 general election. It must continue the program in primary and general elections through 2020.

The suit was one of several filed after problems with the March 22 election. The county cut polling locations to just 60 from about 200 in 2012, but returned to the normal have 724 polling places for the August state primary and for the general election.

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/10/20/biggest-arizona-county-to-revamp-polling-to-avoid-long-lines/

[ffr]

1. With a record 200M registered voters nationwide. Lines are going to be a reality.

We're already seeing an upsurge in Democratic voting, 16% above 2012 general election thus far in EV.