"Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout" - HACKING DEMOCRACY--Documentary on Electronic Voting on Tap at Congregational Unitarian Church

The Peace and Justice Committee of the Congregational Unitarian Church, 221 Dean Street will show the documentary HACKING DEMOCRACY at 7 PM, Tuesday, May 13.

“We are in the middle of another Presidential election and many of the scandalous problems exposed by this film are unsolved,” according to committee chair Ray Eberhardt.

The documentary, broadcast on HBO throughout November & December 2006, exposes the dangers of voting machines used during America's mid term and presidential elections. 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. Filmed over three years this exposé follows the investigations of a team of citizen activists and hackers as they take on the electronic voting industry, targeting the Diebold corporation

 
HACKING DEMOCRACY 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 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.

 
HACKING DEMOCRACY was Executive Produced by Sarah Teale & Sian Edwards of Teale-Edwards Productions LLC.

The program is free and open to the public. There will be time for discussion following the showing.