Hacking Democracy

Hacking Democracy looks at how votes are counted in the US and the irregularities that occurred during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. This documentary follows Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne of the Black Box Voting election watchdog group, who set out to uncover just how easily the electronic voting system can be tampered with.

Wynne films a secret video of Harris discovering audit records from a voting machine inside a rubbish bag in Volusia County. They also caught election workers from Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on tape admitting that the initial 3% recount ballots were not selected at random.

The documentary shows that there are multiple ways to alter voting results. One method described involves amending the database file containing the total number of votes. Another technique tested was hacking the computer code and adding negative votes to one candidate in a race so that the other candidate wins.