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Physicist William Edelstein has applied mathematical queuing simulation
to voting dynamics in Maryland. Dr. Edelstein studied an average
precinct with 10 voting machines and 1500 actual voters (a turnout of
75%). He found that if each voter takes an average of 4.6 minutes to
vote, all precincts will have wait times of more than 15 minutes at some
point during Election Day and 0.1% of precincts will experience wait
times of more than an hour.



But small variations in voting times can cause large changes in wait
times. An average voting time of 5 minutes would mean that 10% of
precincts would have a wait time of more than an hour at some point
during the day, and a voting time of 6.3 minutes would cause wait times
longer than 2 hours in nearly all precincts."

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<div><br>See Bill Edelstein &amp; Save Our Votes&#39; five page report titled &quot;How can we prevent long lines</div>
<div>&nbsp;from disenfranchising voters in this year's election?&quot;<br>&nbsp; <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.saveourvotes.org/releases/2008/7-23-emergencyballots-sov.pdf"; target="_blank">http://www.saveourvotes.org/releases/2008/7-23-emergencyballots-sov.pdf</a><br>
<br>It is supposed to be very good, and something that&nbsp;should be distributed&nbsp;to clerks, etc.<br><br><br><span></span>
<div style="DIRECTION: ltr">From the report: </div>
<div style="DIRECTION: ltr">&quot;The formation of polling place lines depends on the interplay among the<br>number of voters, the number of voting machines, and the time each voter<br>takes to vote. It is a process similar to that which occurs on highways<br>
during rush hour. Traffic flows smoothly as long as traffic density is<br>low. As volume increases, traffic gradually slows until, at some<br>concentration, it locks up and cars accumulate into long lines that can<br>take hours to clear.<br>
<br><br><br>Physicist William Edelstein has applied mathematical queuing simulation<br>to voting dynamics in Maryland. Dr. Edelstein studied an average<br>precinct with 10 voting machines and 1500 actual voters (a turnout of<br>
75%). He found that if each voter takes an average of 4.6 minutes to<br>vote, all precincts will have wait times of more than 15 minutes at some<br>point during Election Day and 0.1% of precincts will experience wait<br>times of more than an hour.<br>
<br><br><br>But small variations in voting times can cause large changes in wait<br>times. An average voting time of 5 minutes would mean that 10% of<br>precincts would have a wait time of more than an hour at some point<br>
during the day, and a voting time of 6.3 minutes would cause wait times<br>longer than 2 hours in nearly all precincts.&quot;<br>&nbsp;</div><span></span>
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