Although this system is well suited to many election jurisdictions, it is not the utopian solution as suggested by Mr. Daniels. Voters should be aware that, like the punch-card system, optical ...

Before the punch card system the county had used giant mechanical voting machines that did not provide a paper trail and were cumbersome to set and read. The machines would have been a nightmare ...

LOS ANGELES – Punch-card voting may be old-fashioned, but it may not be as detrimental to the vote count as opponents would allege, say some elections experts. The punch card, with its ...

The reason: Florida uses two punch card voting systems, according to those who supply the state's voting software, and the system more likely to discard valid ballots is used in urban, Democratic ...

Punch-card voting may cause more errors on California ballots than other systems, but experts clashed Tuesday over just how serious the problem is. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court ...

While I disagree with the recall, I am glad L.A. County still has punch-card ballots. Credible sources, such as Johns Hopkins University, have concluded that touch-screen computer voting machines ...

With punch cards, there was nothing to indicate to ... “As we watch our county grow, we don’t want to see our election system being any more complex than it needs to be.” ...

Some predict a major rethink across the country about the punch card type of voting system. Legal disputes in the sunshine state over “pregnant chad” and “dimpled chad” have seared those ...

Voting machines are not alike. The circuit court panel found the punchcard system in six counties unacceptable. The federal appeals court judges agreed with the plaintiffs who claimed punch-card ...

Feb. 13: A federal judge in California rules the state must replace punch-card voting systems by the 2004 presidential election. March 5: California voters approve Proposition 41, a $200-million ...

Rich Coglianese, an attorney defending the state, said there was not enough time to replace punch-card systems before the presidential election and that the state wants to be sure electronic ...