For years I’ve had a crystal clear memory of photographing election workers as they counted punch card ballots. I recalled it in black and white, so that narrowed the search window down to the ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The number of punch-card votes not counted because of old or malfunctioning equipment may be small but could affect a close election like the one expected Nov. 2, a civil rights ...

During his 25 years as Minidoka County clerk, Duane Smith has encountered problems with punch cards at an election just once: voters, after casting ballots with a sticky substance, caused a jam in the ...

The days of the hanging chad could be drawing to a close in Harris County. Before voting reform became a controversial topic last year, County Clerk Beverly Kaufman spent years talking about replacing ...