This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
... View MoreThe film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
... View MoreIt is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
... View MoreWorth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
... View MoreThis film came out 12 years ago yet the problem still exists and the situation is probably worse than ever! I will be telling people to look for it. I found it at my library.
... View MoreEven though no one from Diebold Election Systems admitted to having seen the film, Diebold President David Byrd suggested that Hacking Democracy was "replete with material examples of inaccurate reporting", and demanded that it not be aired. His criticism was based on an earlier film made by the same three filmmakers. However, HBO refused to remove it from their schedules. In addition Diebold wrote a letter to HBO referring to the famous vote changing 'Hursti Hack' featured in the film, claiming that "Harri Hursti is shown attacking a Diebold machine in Florida. But his attack proved later to be a complete sham." This statement by Diebold was proved to be wholly wrong by independent computer scientists at UC Berkeley who investigated the Hursti Hack.
... View MorePerhaps I'm expecting too much, but you would need a sizable miniseries to adequately tell the tale of voter disenfranchisement that has become the shameful cornerstone of American 'democracy'. Hacking Democracy is a great starting point, but it can only do so much. For better or worse, it focuses on election gadfly Bev Harris and her compatriots at Black Box Voting. Harris' work is important, but it's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the thoroughly compromised machinery of America's electoral systems, which are now dominated by for-profit corporations who keep their 'proprietary' software close to their vests. Absolutely essential viewing, but I'm looking forward to someone making a documentary about the crown prince of sleazy electioneering, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
... View MoreI just saw this documentary on HBO last night.The timing of this program could not have been more perfect. Right after Halloween, I was scared plenty.I had long been aware of many of the facts depicted. However, until I saw a hacker change the votes on a Diebold Memory Card before the votes were cast, and change the results of the test vote, I was neutral on this issue.We Americans who have been worried about this very issue have been culled into silence by those who would call our concerns "Conspiracy Theories" This film should dispel any such notion and wake up most citizens to demand more security in our voting process. The film depicts at least 3 major issues, from Al Gore actually receiving negative votes in Volusia County, FL, to the final coup de grace, the hacking of the actual memory card. Diebold Officials deny any such vulnerability, but they have no answer for the filmed facts. In fact, a well known politician from Colorado actually owns an interest in one of the voting machines known to contain serious vulnerability. This machine was used during his landslide election victory. It appears that optical scan ballots are the most easily hacked. Wake up, America, it's possible that our "free elections" are not really free at all, and we have absolutely no way to find out for sure. Write your Congressman and demand a serious investigation.We must not be complacent about our most fundamental democratic right! At the very least we must demand verifiable paper ballots to make sure our votes are not hacked.
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