I got in line on Election Day at St. John Neumann Church at 10:15 a.m. and voted at 2:30 p.m. When I left, the line was as long as when I had gotten in it. We had heard there were only four machines there, with only two working. When I got inside the building, there were five machines, with four working.

This situation is total incompetence or intentional voter manipulation. Either way, the person or persons responsible should be terminated immediately and prosecuted for violating the law requiring one machine for every 250 voters.

We should not have to stand in line for four hours and 15 minutes to vote.

Henry A. Padgett Jr.

Columbia