If all goes as planned, residents of the 22 member communities using the Lebanon landfill will have a new payment system in place that should be more convenient and efficient. Instead of the current ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowan who owns the patent on a punch-card voting system similar to the one used in Florida says it's an archaic way to cast a vote. ``It's an outmoded system, and it ...

JACKSON, Mo. -- The presidential deadlock in Florida has raised questions about the accuracy of punch-card voting systems nationwide, but Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller is confident about ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY -- Over the next two months, residents headed to their local transfer stations can expect to encounter county employees asking questions about a proposal to eliminate solid waste punch ...

Dec. 8 -- Election officials around the nation are facing a big question in the aftermath of the vote-counting controversy in Florida — whether to chuck the chad. Some predict a major rethink across ...

A federal law using an incentive program intended to make voting less confusing and more precise will most likely come at a cost of about $87,000 to Cape Girardeau County. County Clerk Rodney Miller ...

The days of the hanging chad could be drawing to a close in Harris County. Before voting reform became a controversial topic last year, County Clerk Beverly Kaufman spent years talking about replacing ...

HELENA – Montana s punch-card ballot machines may be facing extinction. Members of a legislative subcommittee on Wednesday asked their staff to prepare draft legislation that would eliminate ...