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===Delays in voting=== DREs can cause more delay than paper ballots at busy times, since every voter needs access to a machine.<ref name="cora">{{Cite news |last1=Corasaniti |first1=Nick |last2=Saul |first2=Stephanie |date=2020-06-11 |title=Georgia Havoc Raises New Doubts on Pricey Voting Machines |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/georgia-voting-machines.html |access-date=2020-08-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2021-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109123403/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/georgia-voting-machines.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Queuing theory calculates that waits of an hour result from known variations in when voters arrive, number of voters per machine, and average time a voter spends with a machine.<ref name="edel">{{Cite web |last=Edelstein |first=William A. |date=2008-01-28 |title=Why Computer DRE Voting Machines Cause Long Linesβ Why Paper Ballot/Optical Scan Can Prevent Lines |url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/messages/downloadsexceeded.html |access-date=2020-08-11 |website=Penn State University |archive-date=2021-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131173658/http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/messages/downloadsexceeded.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Edelstein |first=William A. |date=2006-11-14 |title=New Voting Systems for New York - Long Lines and High Cost |work=New Yorkers for Verified Voting |s2cid=59115735 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/81cf/92ddcada0a8a17b52ff72d5f5145a94141d4.pdf |access-date=2020-08-11 |archive-date=2021-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312141304/https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/New-Voting-Systems-for-NY%E2%80%94-Long-Lines-and-High-Cost-Edelstein/81cf92ddcada0a8a17b52ff72d5f5145a94141d4?p2df |url-status=live }}</ref>
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