The documentary, broadcast on HBO throughout November & December 2006, exposes the dangers of voting machines used during America’s mid term and presidential elections. 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. Filmed over three years this exposé follows the investigations of a team of citizen activists and hackers as they take on the electronic voting industry, targeting the Diebold corporation
“Hacking Democracy” 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.
“Hacking Democracy” was Executive Produced by Sarah Teale & Sian Edwards of
http://www.hackingdemocracy.com/
NEWS:
Diebold Machines Miscount New Hampshire Primary
New Hampshire’s 2008 primary election used Diebold “Accu-Vote” machines to scan and count 80% of the votes. These are the same machines that were hacked by the famous Finnish hacker Harri Hursti in “Hacking Democracy”. The hand recount of New Hampshire’s paper ballots has already revealed unexplained machine miscounts in Hillsborough County, NH:
Nashua, Ward 5 = 4.9% miscounted by machines
New Ipswich = 7.5% miscounted by machines
Manchester, Ward 5 = 10.6% miscounted by machines
The New Hampshire statewide hand recount was begun by Democrat candidate Dennis Kucinich and Republican candidate Albert Howard amid “serious and credible reports, allegations and rumors about the integrity of Tuesday’s results”
Follow the story on Bev Harris’ BlackBoxVoting forums, and at BradBlog
Corruption is everywhere. The Democracy and the so called freedom we are fighting for, doesn’t exist. Every cheater and crook dressed up in a suit sees our government as their prime target. Some politicians sell out, many do not. There is more good people in government than their are sell outs BUT the good people HAVE to fight for GOOD – IT JUST DOSEN”T HAPPEN BY IT SELF!
Most people would prefer to believe that nothing is happening but doing nothing will end in disaster. Corruption will eventually touch every citizen in some way. Thank God for the Forerunners who are wiling to fight for justice.
Hacking Democracy is enlightening and a great story of how citizens are fighting to restore integrity and honest elections in the US.