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Hacking Democracy

“The American electoral system is rotten and we need to deal with that,” Ion Sancho, supervisor of elections in Leon County, Florida, told Mother Jones Radio. Sancho and Bev Harris, founder of Black Box Voting, point out the vulnerability of our voting system in an HBO documentary, Hacking Democracy, airing November 2.

The film follows Harris and Sancho as they stumble upon Diebold’s software on their FTP site, dig through trash and find illegally discarded voting records, and stage a mini-election with a computer hacker. In that election, the outcome of the vote is opposite the votes cast: 7:1 instead of 2:6.

As Sancho points out, this is not just a Diebold problem. It is a problem with all electronic voting machine companies: “The other companies are just much better at keeping secrets.” Hacking Democracy should cure anybody of trusting electronic voting machines that do not have a paper trail.

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Add rigged elections to the rights our gov't rountinely violates.
They violate the 1st Amendment by caging demonstrators and banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns during Katrina.
They violate the 4th Amendment by conducting warrant-less wiretaps.
They violate the 5th and 6th Amendment by suspending habeas corpus.
They violate the 8th Amendment by torturing.
The violate the entire Constitution by starting 2 illegal wars based on lies and on behalf of a foriegn gov't.
Support indy media.
Last link (unless Google Books caves to the gov't and drops the title):
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-38523-0

Posted by: Tom H on 10/27/06 at 2:08 PM

The people who read and post comments on blogs (left or right) are arguably the best informed voters in America, but they represent a fraction of the electorate. The vast majority of voters depend exclusively on the corporate owned mass media for news. Which as most of realize is the propaganda arm of the Republican party. Even so, I’ll bet a majority of viewers spend more time watching sitcoms, girls-gone-wild commercials and wrestling than they do the news. A majority of the majority are stone ignorant of everything that is apparent to those of us worried about the impending collapse our economy, our country and our way of life.

It is also a fact that majority of eligible voters don’t vote in midterm elections, which is the one glimmer of hope for those of us who take our citizenship responsibilities seriously. Republicans have more reason to rig this election than any before, so we must assume they will do it again. Be alert and watchful for glitches and snafus when you vote. Report any suspicious events you see. When you return home document what you saw and suspect and post on all the blogs you frequent.

The mass media ignored the clear and abundant improprieties which occurred in past elections and will do so again. This time we must raise a stink they can’t ignore. Look for long lines, voting machine glitches, voters being declared ineligible and turned away, anything that you think might be a tactic to influence the outcome. Then follow up with emails to your local newspaper and to your representatives.

Stop Republicans from stealing another election.

Posted by: rabblerowzer on 10/28/06 at 12:45 PM

The DVD of ‘Hacking Democracy’ is released on Tuesday March 27th through Docurama and there is further info and a link for the DVD on the film makers new website: http://www.hackingdemocracy.com

Posted by: Russ on 03/22/07 at 7:14 PM

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