There, the punchcardsystem gave rise to dimpled ballots and hanging chads, leaving electoral officials to scrutinise ballot papers to decipher the voter's intention.
It has a precedent in the introduction of the Powers punchcardsystem into this country by the Prudential, and the subsequent creation of Powers-Samas to make the machines.
The count in Palm Beach County is aimed at picking up votes missed by the flawed Votomatic punchcardsystem, which the county had been advised to abandon years ago.