Reply #42: Do the math [View All]

[MarkusQ]

You had enough equipment for 424 voters in the allotted time, assuming that they arrived evenly spaced throughout the day.

You say you had almost twice that many, which means that you must have had lines (on average) of much more than six hours long.

That means that anyone who couldn't wait six hours to vote wasn't allowed to vote. There are all sorts of reasons they might have had to leave without voting; maybe they couldn't miss a whole day of work, leave their kids alone all day, etc. Whatever the reason, you didn't see them, so your comments about braving the weather and high spirits doesn't apply to them.

They were the suppressed voters, not all the cheerful, brave and patient ones you did see.

--MarkusQ