Hacking Democracy (2006)

The film the voting machine corporations don't want you to see. HACKING DEMOCRACY follows investigator/grandmother, Bev Harris, and her citizen-activists as they set out to uncover how ... See full summary »

Directors:

Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels

Stars:

James Naughton, Bev Harris, Deanie Lowe

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
James Naughton	...	Narrator (voice)
Bev Harris	...	Self - Founder - Black Box Voting
Deanie Lowe	...	Self - Supervisor of Elections - Volusia Co. Florida
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harri Hursti	...	Self - Computer Security Analyst
Mark Radke	...	Self - Marketing Director - Diebold Inc. (archive footage)
Ion Sancho	...	Self - Supervisor of Elections - Leon County - Florida
Andy Stephenson	...	Self - Associate Director - Black Box Voting

Storyline

The film the voting machine corporations don't want you to see. HACKING DEMOCRACY follows investigator/grandmother, Bev Harris, and her citizen-activists as they set out to uncover how America counts its votes. Proving the votes can be stolen without a trace culminates in a duel between the Diebold corporation's voting machines and a computer hacker - with America's democracy at stake.

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Taglines:

You Can't Vote Them Out When The Fix Is In

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Quotes

Narrator: How can a computer that is suppose to protect the votes of you and me, count backwards to give the candidate negative votes? Either is was an error or someone had tried to rig the election.

User Reviews

Disturbing Truth

Please watch this and think about how your "vote" might go... This documentary is an eye opener to the corruption of what is supposed to be a "pure" given right of our vote and voice to be heard. But when your voice (vote) can be manipulated, then democracy is not there. This movie shows how there are three companies who provide these machines and all the so called security and accuracy they have. But the truth is shown that these machines can easily be tampered with. I just heard that there are devices you can get so that when you go up to the computer and vote you can manipulate the system as you vote. We have chosen this high tech system which leaves no paper trail to the truth.

Details

Official Sites:

HBO [United States] Official Site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hacking Democracy

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Public Interest Pictures, Teale-Edwards Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color