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Hacking Democracy

Is voting controlled by 100 million voters or one guy sitting in his grandmothers basement?
Nov 2, 2006 · 1h 22m
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Crime

PLOT

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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CAST

James Naughton
Narrator
Bev Harris
Self
Harri Hursti
Self
Mark Radke
Self
Ion Sancho
Self
Andy Stephenson
Self
Directed by Simon Ardizzone

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
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Production
Public Interest Pictures, Teale-Edwards Productions
Country
US

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