We, understandably, praise those who stand in line for hours to vote, but all I think of when I see these long lines are the people who needed to get out of line to pick up their kids, get to work on time, attend their doctor's appointment. It's an enormous institutional failure.

These are people who want to vote. Who get up at 6 in the morning to vote. Who rearrange their entire day so that they are able to vote. And these long lines, that we see even now with early voting, prevent people from doing so. It shouldn't be this hard, but it is for a reason.

When I see someone being interviewed after standing in line to vote for six hours I'm really proud of that person! I'm also furious that they had to do that. It shouldn't take superhuman patience and physical endurance to vote, this isn't an Ironman triathlon. It's ridiculous.