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In the US, hours-long lines are routine. Not everywhere, but poorer places tend to have fewer voting machines and longer lines.

We've been closing a lot of polling places recently:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting-vote-1-5-election-day-p...

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Voting machines slow down voting from what I understand

Have not for me. I mark on a paper ballot that then gets fed into a machine to be recorded. That leaves a paper copy and a digital voting record.

Not as much as hanging chads do.

At least in Brazil, that's not the case. You get there to vote, and it doesn't take longer than 5 minutes to leave the place.

We have early voting, nobody has to wait, they choose to wait

We're on year five of one of the two parties telling voters to not trust early voting. Their choice is because of the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt created by the propaganda they are fed.

Here's the President of the United States on Sunday: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1154418712892...

"No mail-in or 'Early' Voting, Yes to Voter ID! Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop Vote is! Millions of Ballots being 'shipped.' GET SMART REPUBLICANS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!"

That's all happening too, but it's honestly a different topic altogether. We have the ability to vote early. Whether you trust it or politicians are trying to undermine your trust in it, etc.... whole other can of worms

Not everyone does. It varies from state to state. Red states in particular have little to no early voting.

You have early voting, some choose not to trust the early voting system.

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