The documentary, first 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 expos’ 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 our 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.