Maricopa county screwed up, there’s no way around it. They cut polling places by more than 2/3 since last time around. Certainly people should take advantage mail and early balloting, but there is that crowd that wants to vote on election day only, and really there was plenty of data out there to expect a big turnout.
And to cut back on polling places for a county this size...what were they thinking????? When I lived in the Chicago area a few years ago, I told people how we’d vote by mail. Instead of positive comments, people were bashing me for not going to a polling place. Whatever.....