Hacking Democracy
Documentary film investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Electronic voting machines count approximately 90% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections. The technology is also increasingly being used across the world, including in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. The film uncovers incendiary evidence from the trash cans of Texas to the ballot boxes of Ohio, exposing secrecy, votes in the trash, hackable software and election officials rigging the presidential recount.Ultimately proving our votes can be stolen without a trace "Hacking Democracy" culminates in the famous 'Hursti Hack'; a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland - with America's democracy at stake.
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- James Naughton
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Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
This film came out 12 years ago yet the problem still exists and the situation is probably worse than ever! I will be telling people to look for it. I found it at my library.
Even though no one from Diebold Election Systems admitted to having seen the film, Diebold President David Byrd suggested that Hacking Democracy was "replete with material examples of inaccurate reporting", and demanded that it not be aired. His criticism was based on an earlier film made by the same three filmmakers. However, HBO refused to remove it from their schedules. In addition Diebold wrote a letter to HBO referring to the famous vote changing 'Hursti Hack' featured in the film, claiming that "Harri Hursti is shown attacking a Diebold machine in Florida. But his attack proved later to be a complete sham." This statement by Diebold was proved to be wholly wrong by independent computer scientists at UC Berkeley who investigated the Hursti Hack.
Aah, finally, a serious documentary (not the sensational conspiracy theory type American audiences seem to prefer) about the dangerous cracks in American democracy! Maybe, finally, it can get a few points across amongst the American audiences. I sincerely wish some similar people could do a documentary about what is really happening in Iraq. Then you would understand why the rest of the world is at best annoyed with, and at worst full of hatred against the United States.Wake up and smell the coffee, my American friends! Good morning to you from Middle East! You should clean up your own house before trying to bring 'freedom' and 'democracy' over here. You have a dirty kitchen, and thus, your brand of 'freedom and democracy' is not very healthy for us.So get up and start cleaning... and maybe we could have some peace and quiet over here while you're busy with that.
Perhaps I'm expecting too much, but you would need a sizable miniseries to adequately tell the tale of voter disenfranchisement that has become the shameful cornerstone of American 'democracy'. Hacking Democracy is a great starting point, but it can only do so much. For better or worse, it focuses on election gadfly Bev Harris and her compatriots at Black Box Voting. Harris' work is important, but it's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the thoroughly compromised machinery of America's electoral systems, which are now dominated by for-profit corporations who keep their 'proprietary' software close to their vests. Absolutely essential viewing, but I'm looking forward to someone making a documentary about the crown prince of sleazy electioneering, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.