ADVERTISEMENTVoters and election officials across the country reported long wait times for early voting in the lead-up to Tuesday’s election. It’s too soon to conclude what caused the long lines during early voting periods, or even whether waits have been longer, on average, than in previous elections. pic.twitter.com/bilpnGsrzl — Saahil Desai (@Saahil_Desai) November 6, 2016More Early Voters In Certain Places Some early voting locations have reported a surge in the number of people casting ballots before Election Day. “But the share voting early is likely to be larger.” These reports suggest that “people may have learned from 2012, that it’s better to wait in a long line during early voting than to wait in a long line on Election Day,” said Charles Stewart III, a political science professor at MIT. “It’s new and exciting and we had long lines because it’s a new process for us.” Resource Issues Also Cause Long Waits Whether resources are adequately distributed to polling places is a key contributor to long lines, according to a Brennan Center for Justice report on such delays in 2012.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2016 21:55 UTC