I live in a tiny precinct and thus lack perspective, but the wait time is pretty solvable by spending money.

Forcing people ot wait hours for voting is a tactic used to discourage voters and more effectively disenfranchise groups you don't want voting. White majority area has 15 minute lines, black majority has 2 hours.

Yeah, I get that.

But wealthy New York City, where Democrats run the election commission, was a notable shit show in the recent election.

Dealing with the unequal provision of resources is a big deal, I don't mean to dismiss it, it just isn't the only issue.

New York is also really bad about registering people.

It's absolutely about a failure to install proper checks on entrenched power.

If we had fair elections, yes. When the republicans control the majority of local government they have no desire to make voting easier for the working class, or students.