Ever since punch-card voting machines produced the "hanging chads" that led to the Florida recount in the 2000 election, Americans have been looking for new and more reliable technology to use on ...

WASHINGTON -- Punch-card voting machines, already threatened by public disfavor after the 2000 presidential election dispute, will suffer a knockout punch under a new election reform law, an Illinois ...

After the hanging-chad debacle in Florida four years ago, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, which meant $4 billion for states that replaced punch-cards and lever machines with more reliable ...

HELENA - A legislative committee voted unanimously Thursday to introduce a bill in 2003 banning punch-card voting machines in Montana. The legislation proposed by the State Administration and Veterans ...

Computerized voting was supposed to be the cure for ballot fiascos such as the 2000 presidential election, but activist groups say it has only worsened the problem and they've gone to court across the ...

A sensor in a voting machine in Green Twp. stopped working during the primary election this week, which elections officials locally and statewide said is a symptom of Ohio’s aging voting machines that ...

Hanging chads caused controversy for a Tucson City Council race in November 1997. Three years later, the tenacious little punch-ballot flakes were instrumental in electing a president. But thanks to ...

HELENA -- A legislative committee voted unanimously Thursday to introduce a bill in 2003 banning punch-card voting machines in Montana. The legislation proposed by the State Administration and ...

The Board of Supervisors approved over $15,000 in funds from the state to go toward improving election technology and security, making steps to further protect federal, state, and local elections in ...