Is
American democracy safe in the age of computers? This cautionary film
looks at the very real risk of hackers altering vote counts in public
elections–and exposes the vulnerability of the computers that count
approximately 80% of America’s votes in county, state and federal
elections. Filmed in 2004-2005, this documentary tells the story of Bev
Harris, a Seattle publicist/writer whose watchdog group uncovered
evidence of mishandled voting records and suspicious voting machine
malfunctions. Harris’s crusade took the group–consisting of computer
experts, activists and political candidates from both parties–from her
home computer (where she found a computer system blueprint accidentally
made public) to Tallahassee, FL, for a “mini-election” that proved just
how easy it is to hack the vote. (TVPG) (AC) |
Comments (10)
There is also Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections which is another documentary that details the flaws in computerized voting. It was a frightening eye opener for me.
@SarahAriella - Thanks, I’m gonna check that one out
Stuff like this is why I think ballots should be hard copy ONLY.
@ClockworkBunny - i agree
I started out just wanting to watch a little bit but ended up watching the whole thing. Amazing. Yay for Tallahassee though.
@storyslut - those women are amazing aren’t they?
@SnippiesBlog - Yes and especially for sticking it out.
@storyslut - ya. glad you enjoyed it
Watched the whole thing! Amazing. Scary. We’d be better off and more accurate if we just counted people raising their hands! Yikes.
@AliasUndercover - thanks for the mini!