Hacking Democracy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPXer7946E

This is part one of 9 in total, exposing the voting system in crisis.

The other 8 parts you will see in box next to the video clip on youtube.

 

This cautionary documentary exposes the

vulnerability of computers - which count

approximately 80% of America's votes in county,

state and federal elections - suggesting that if

our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either.

The documentary 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.

The two Ohio election staff who feature in

" Hacking Democracy " were sentenced on March 13th

2007 for rigging the 2004 presidential recount.

Incriminating footage from the documentary was

used in their court case as evidence.