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The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use byin 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little, because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

Edit: The ESS website says that the votomaticVotomatic cards had 960 cells for placing a vote. 80 * 12 is 960. That suggests that the votomaticVotomatic cards were suitable for bingbeing run through an IBM card reader.

The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use by 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

Edit: The ESS website says that the votomatic cards had 960 cells for placing a vote. 80 * 12 is 960. That suggests that the votomatic cards were suitable for bing run through an IBM card reader.

The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use in 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little, because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

Edit: The ESS website says that the Votomatic cards had 960 cells for placing a vote. 80 * 12 is 960. That suggests that the Votomatic cards were suitable for being run through an IBM card reader.

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The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use by 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

Edit: The ESS website says that the votomatic cards had 960 cells for placing a vote. 80 * 12 is 960. That suggests that the votomatic cards were suitable for bing run through an IBM card reader.

The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use by 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use by 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia

Edit: The ESS website says that the votomatic cards had 960 cells for placing a vote. 80 * 12 is 960. That suggests that the votomatic cards were suitable for bing run through an IBM card reader.

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Walter Mitty
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The Votomatic system was a punched card based voting system that was still in use by 2000. This stretches the scope of your question a little because the punching mechanism was a sort of push pin that dislodged a previously perforated chad. But they were definitely punched cards.

Recounts were a nightmare, especially in Florida, where discerning the intent of the voter was problematic, when a chad was not completely pushed out.

You can read up on it in Wikipedia