In Atlanta's Fulton County, which also uses punch-card voting machines, one of every 16 of its presidential ballots was invalidated.
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Punch-card voting was outlawed.
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So they now argue that a punch card vote should count even if there appears to be only an indentation.
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The bulk of any additional votes are most likely to be found in the 15 counties that used punch-card voting machines.
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Under the House bill, states would get dlrs 650 million immediately, including dlrs 400 million to replace punch card voting systems.
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Machines that aren't bought by collectors could be sold to local governments outside Florida that still use punch-card voting, Merriman said.
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Last week, the ACLU also filed suit in Georgia seeking to throw out the punch-card voting system used in 17 counties.
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Democrats lost that argument, but the fallout has led to a statewide movement to scrap punch-card voting before next year's elections.
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Punch-card voting machines _ in addition to being embarrassing _ became illegal, at least for use in elections, last year in Florida.
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WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would help states replace their punch-card voting machines with newer voting methods.
