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...officials could multiply the estimated number of people registered to vote by the amount of time it takes to complete a given ballot at a given machine and then divide that by the number of hours the voting booths will be open, according to Allen and his colleague Mikhail Bernshteyn of Sagata Ltd., a business-statistics firm that consults with election officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secrets of What Makes Your Polling Place Work — Or Not | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...using any mathematical approach," says Allen. Unlike the people who run hospitals or airports, election officials have not yet fully embraced concepts like queuing theory and modeling. Things have gotten much better in the Ohio counties that were most embarrassed by the 2004 elections, and Allen and Bernshteyn have helped those officials distribute their machines more sensibly. But it typically takes some kind of fiasco for locals to commit the resources that this approach requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secrets of What Makes Your Polling Place Work — Or Not | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

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