You’re the one who mentioned people needing language assistance. They should all know enough English to be able to vote — it is a requirement of citizenship (if naturalized).
As for the number of machines, I’m sure it could be improved.
well apparently we do not require english fluency in order to vote. maybe your twitter feed doesn’t have the same stuff as mine, but JRubinblogger just tweeted about the long line/wait at her polling station in Fairfax and someone else tweeted that it was a 3 hour wait in Ballston [arlington Co.] where they were voting. Why a gov’t should go out and invest in a mess of voting machines that are going to be used MAYBE once every 4 years [obviously were not required four years ago here!]doesn’t seem PRUDENT.