Hacking Democracy

Hacking Democracy

By Russell Michaels, Simon Ardizzone & Michael Russell

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2007-03-27
  • Advisory Rating: NR
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Director: Russell Michaels, Simon Ardizzone & Michael Russell
  • Production Company: Public Interest Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 5.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
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PLEASE NOTE: This documentary was created using a wide variety of media, including sources such as off-air and amateur recordings. We feel that the importance of the information more than compensates for the occasional lapse of image quality. The disturbingly shocking HBO documentary Hacking Democracy bravely tangles with our nation's ills at the heart of democracy. The film the Diebold corporation doesn't want you to see, this revelatory journey follows tenacious Seattle grandmother Bev Harris and her band of extraordinary citizen-activists as they set out to ask one simple question: How does America count its votes? From Florida and California to Ohio and Washington State, filmmakers Simon Ardizzone, Robert Cohens, and Russell Michaels starkly reveal a broken system riddled with secrecy, incompetent election officials, and electronic voting machines that can be programmed to steal elections. Equipped only with a powerful sense of righteous outrage, the activists take on voting machine industry, exposing alarming security holes in the America's trusted voting machines. They even go dumpster diving at a county election official's office in Florida, uncovering incendiary evidence of miscounted votes. But proving our votes can be stolen without a trace culminates in a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland--with America's democracy at stake. Hacking Democracy takes a nonpartisan, clear-eyed look at the secrecy, cronyism, and incompetence of elections in present-day America as it captures a citizen's movement intent on taking back elections--and democracy itself. "It is hard to imagine...a documentary this season that is more important to the civic life of the nation--let alone one that is so compelling and ultimately moving" (Baltimore Sun).

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  • Quite Revealing

    5
    By WWaddell
    This particular documentary is very well done. It comes at a time when I personally am inclined to believe that this is actually possible. The documentary claims that voting machines can be altered in a variety of ways in order to produce a specific outcome in elections. It does this very well by presenting actual instances of voting machine "hacks". Clearer evidence could not be found. Additionally during the documentary it is stated that independent groups of scientists at several Universities have conducted tests on voting machines and voting machine software that proves that they can be manipulated and even easily manipulated. I must say that if I do catch wind of my county (Polk in Florida) plans on switching to Diebold machines I will go the meeting (or at least try to...will have to see if it is legally possible) and show this documentary! More damning evidence would be hard to find. Blackbox voting has done a wonderful job with this. I would like to mention that as someone who has only participated in one election during his lifetime (age 19) and through absentee ballots I have not participated in polling lines or areas. Clearly for some this would discredit my opinion since I have not personally witnessed what the documentary shows as regular polling area behavior (long lines etc.).
  • Bravo

    5
    By Freddy Nightliker
    Well made and captivating. I am in North Canton right now, and have long known of the revealing letter written by the president of DIEBOLD (who is, incidentally, stellar in the ATM and Bank-vault industry), in which he declared his intention to "deliver" the votes of Ohio to Bush/Cheney. Thank you Blackbox voting!
  • ...

    5
    By 0000:)
    Why are people so surprised?
  • Awesome

    5
    By Bookshelf
    This move is scray! The authenticity makes it scary. Let's wakeup and do something, too many good presidents were executed, brushed-off, and elbowed. Our votes MUST count. (note: this movie did not play on my Apple TV)
  • !!

    5
    By Dddanny
    I would highly reccomend buying this or watching it. If you don't want to buy it here you can buy it on youtube. I only wish more people would become aware of what is going on. Our votes are being changed. Bush and diebold are scum bags who are cheating. We need to stop this now and get more involved before more republican cheat. Please watch this movie!
  • conspiracies, frauds, oh my!

    1
    By flyawaymike
    break out the tinfoil hats, folks!
  • GREAT MOVIE - BUT SCARY

    5
    By DGBABY2
    WHEN WILL PEOPLE WAKE UP! DIEBOLD IS ROBBING OUR RIGHTS! A DISTRICT IN HARLEM, NY (MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN) RECORDED ZERO VOTES FOR OBAMA! HELLO! CSPAN CALLER COMPLAINED ON AIR BECAUSE SHE VOTED FOR RON PAUL AND THEY ANNOUNCED ZERO VOTES FOR HIM IN HER DISTRICT WHEN THE POLLS CLOSED... WAKE UP!

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