KALISPELL, Mont. — Officials at the Flathead County Landfill said their system for the public to dump oversized loads was not working. “There was just no way for us to keep track of it, and so we had ...

The punch card, the first way to program a machine, turned 300 this year. The first semi-automatic loom was created in Lyon as early as 1725. To commemorate this, we have taken the liberty of updating ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowan who owns the patent on a punch-card voting system similar to the one used in Florida says it's an archaic way to cast a vote. ``It's an outmoded system, and it ...

It has been 25 years since Elkhart County used a newfangled voting system. It had an auspicious debut before things went sour both locally and then nationally. The 1982 Elkhart County primary election ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY -- Over the next two months, residents headed to their local transfer stations can expect to encounter county employees asking questions about a proposal to eliminate solid waste punch ...

Dec. 8 -- Election officials around the nation are facing a big question in the aftermath of the vote-counting controversy in Florida — whether to chuck the chad. Some predict a major rethink across ...

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 ...