Most people don't realize how much effect the long lines in Ohio had, what caused them, or how systematically they were distributed.
A long line means that people are arriving to vote faster than they can be processed with the resources (booths, machines, etc.).
Persistent long lines mean that the number of votes recorded in that precinct is determined not by the desire of the people but by the resources allocated to them; specifically, the total number of votes can not exceed
(the number of booths or machines provided)*(the number of hours the polls remained open)*60
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(the average number of minutes it takes to vote),
or about 180 per machine.
This means that whoever determined who got what resources, and not the voters, decided who won in Ohio, and thus picked our president for us.
--MarkusQ
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