Many ballots contain icons to help voters along. Arrows, for instance, were key to understanding the infamous “butterfly” ballots in Palm Beach County, Fla., in the 2000 presidential race.

The Canadian Museum of Nature has a live butterfly exhibit with tropical insects from Costa Rica and the Philippines. It will be on until January 4, 2025.

In 2000, as then-Democratic-presidential-candidate Al Gore was preparing for an all-important debate with the Republican nominee George W. Bush, a woman named Juanita Yvette Lozano decided to ...

Even if the presidential election hinges on a Florida recount like 20 years ago, hanging chads and butterfly ballots won't be around to trip up voters and officials — changes to ballots ...