Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For years I’ve had a crystal clear memory of photographing election workers as they counted punch card ballots. I recalled it in ...

In an optimistic move, you grabbed a loyalty card before the first exercise class you took. Interestingly, no holes have been punched here, because you left the gym during the class’s warmup, when ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES - With a gubernatorial recall election pending in the state, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today filed a lawsuit challenging the continued use of outdated, ...

We think of punched cards as old-fashioned, but still squarely part of the computer age. Turns out, cards were in use way before they got conscripted by computers. Jacquard looms are one famous ...