11. Punch-card voting machines use a variation on an IBM punch card from the early days of computers. 12. The punch-card voting machines that vexed Florida during the last presidential election have been outlawed in California. 13. Problems are frequently significant in districts that use punch-card voting of the type used in several Florida counties. 14. Punch-card voting systems are cheap. 15. They also used punch-card voting machines that can be difficult to operate, according a precint-by-precint analysis of the vote. 16. The result is a wild-card voting block, he said, which can and will wield its power in coming elections. 17. U . S . Sen . Max Cleland ( D-Ga . ) called for the retirement of punch-card voting machines. 18. The nation's first trial challenging punch-card voting was postponed Wednesday, removing the possibility of a ruling before the presidential election. 19. It was somewhat unexpected, however, that Democratic Rep . Sanford Bishop, the wild-card vote , decided against supporting the GOP resolution. 20. The election also marks the debut of the city's new Eagle voting system, which has replaced the punch-card voting setup.
