The card reader doesn’t have a computer — at least, we don’t think it did. ... 12 thoughts on “ Your 1958 Punch Card Machine Tested Tubes ” Ken says: June 15, ...

Punch card machines, so widely-criticized during the recent presidential balloting in Florida, are used by some 30% of U.S. counties, cities and townships.

Nearly $3 billion was appropriated under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 for states to upgrade voting machines. But while the act envisioned replacing lever and punch-card machines by 2006, it ...

This year’s Hackaday Supercon, the first since 2019 thanks to the pandemic, was a very similar affair to those of the past. Almost every hardware-orientated hacker event has its own custom el… ...

Regarding the Sept. 15 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to postpone the recall because some counties still use punch-card voting machines: The 9th Circuit has shown itself for what it is ...

Hollerith's Card Punch The operator read the census forms and punched holes into dollar-bill-sized cards to represent the data. (Image courtesy of IBM.) The Punch Card Reader Each card was placed ...

Last week, a federal district court judge refused to postpone the recall election and the vote on two critical ballot initiatives until all of California's "punch card" machines could be replaced. Six ...

Diane Maddux, a deputy San Luis Obispo County clerk, demonstrates new punch card voting machine on Aug. 27, 1975. The Diamond International system replaced old Shoup Voting Machines that came into ...

According to the ACLU's complaint, the ""punch card"" voting machines are the same machines at the center of the controversy surrounding the contested 2000 presidential election in Florida. The ...