I understand the reticence about trusting Gateway Pundit, where everything is a BOMBSHELL, but I have seen three damn threads all with with the same thing, only one of them was GP.
Gad. Don’t people understand what is at stake? Pull out the dang camera!
So count me as suspicious of it being nefarious motives in this instance. Non-nefarious motives would include that they were cutting the line after the point at which those waiting wouldn't get to vote that day.
In general, early voting locations don't stay open late just because there are people in line.