LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted its request for an expedited hearing in the ...

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 ...

The postponement of California's recall election because of old punch-card ballots raises pointed questions for many other states, with at least half still using outmoded equipment that critics say ...

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 ...

The much-maligned punch-card ballot got something on Thursday that many election officials were loath to give it in 2000 — respect. Chad or no chad, increasing concern about the security of electronic ...

Glenn Peters punched a few buttons, rolled the dial several times and voted in the Houston mayor's race and on other items on the Nov. 6 ballot. He then strode outside an early voting location and ...

Voting machines: where "Star Trek" high-tech cool meets dry legislation. On Thursday at the Porter County administration center, the focus was on high tech as County Clerk Dale Brewer brought in four ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The much-maligned punch-card ballot got something on Thursday that many election officials were loath to give it in 2000 -- respect. Chad or no chad, increasing concern about the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Golden State will become the fourth in the country to outlaw punch cards, following the lead of Maryland, Florida and Georgia. It could also face the most complicated and ...

Let me get this straight. A San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court judicial panel, composed of three judges appointed by Democratic presidents (two by Bill Clinton and one by Jimmy Carter) decided to ...