How Many Voting Machines Should There Be?

There was massive turnout for the 2012 presidential election, but there were also malfunctioning machines and complaints of too few voting machines.

There were fewer issues and shorter wait-times reported in Lexington County. Is that because there were more machines?

So how many machines should there be?

According to Page 29 of the SC Election Commission's Poll Managers Handbook, there should be one machine for every 250 registered voters in a precinct. 

So here are how many machines (hypothetically all working) should have been available to voters today. How did your numbers differ?

Precinct Total Registered Machines Required Amicks Ferry 3172 12.7 Barr Road #1 1355 5.4 Barr Road #2 1497 6.0 Batesburg 1909 7.6 Beulah Church 1810 7.2 Boiling Springs 3126 12.5 Boiling Springs South 2301 9.2 Bush River 1715 6.9 Cayce Ward 2-A 1419 5.7 Cayce Ward No.1 1448 5.8 Cayce Ward No.2 1749 7.0 Cayce Ward No.3 762 3.0 Cedarcrest 1443 5.8 Chalk Hill 2581 10.3 Challedon 1657 6.6 Chapin 2456 9.8 Coldstream 1973 7.9 Congaree #1 1759 7.0 Congaree #2 820 3.3 Cromer 1343 5.4 Dreher Island 938 3.8 Dutchman Shores 1664 6.7 Edenwood 1878 7.5 Edmund #1 1068 4.3 Edmund #2 3058 12.2 Emmanuel Church 1924 7.7 Fairview 835 3.3 Faith Church 2638 10.6 Gardendale 1617 6.5 Gaston #1 1232 4.9 Gaston #2 1513 6.1 Gilbert 1840 7.4 Grenadier 1975 7.9 Hollow Creek 1944 7.8 Hook's Store 1740 7.0 Irmo 1978 7.9 Kitti Wake 1644 6.6 Lake Murray #1 1790 7.2 Lake Murray #2 2147 8.6 Leaphart Road 902 3.6 Leesville 2113 8.5 Lexington #3 2728 10.9 Lexington #4 3144 12.6 Lexington No. 1 2798 11.2 Lexington No. 2 1824 7.3 Lincreek 2008 8.0 Mack-Edisto 634 2.5 Midway 1028 4.1 Mims 870 3.5 Mount Horeb 1815 7.3 Mt Hebron 1283 5.1 Murraywood 2163 8.7 Oakwood 2202 8.8 Old Barnwell Rd 1460 5.8 Old Lexington 2154 8.6 Park Road #1 1578 6.3 Park Road #2 968 3.9 Pelion #1 1246 5.0 Pelion #2 1292 5.2 Pilgrim Church 2609 10.4 Pineridge #1 1185 4.7 Pineridge #2 1890 7.6 Pineview 1702 6.8 Pond Branch 2312 9.2 Providence Church 2202 8.8 Quail Hollow 1955 7.8 Quail Valley 2097 8.4 Red Bank 2761 11.0 Red Bank South #1 2080 8.3 Redbank South #2 1072 4.3 Ridge Road 1771 7.1 Round Hill 2662 10.6 Saluda River 1752 7.0 Sandhill 1563 6.3 Sandy Run 816 3.3 Seven Oaks 1559 6.2 Sharpe's Hill 1649 6.6 Springdale 1913 7.7 Springdale South 718 2.9 St Davids 2389 9.6 St. Michael 2161 8.6 Summit 1074 4.3 Swansea #1 1076 4.3 Swansea #2 1330 5.3 W Columbia No 1 844 3.4 W Columbia No 2 662 2.6 W Columbia No 3 650 2.6 W Columbia No 4 1560 6.2 Westover 1564 6.3 White Knoll 1857 7.4 Whitehall 2318 9.3 Woodland Hills 1637 6.5 92 Precincts 159318 637.3