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Hacking Democracy is the 2006 documentary film broadcast on HBO and created by producer / directors Russell Michaels and Simon Ardizzone and producer Robert Carrillo Cohen and executive producers Sarah Teale & Sian Edwards. Filmed over three years it documents American citizens investigating anomalies and irregularities with 'e-voting' (electronic voting) systems that occurred during the 2000 and 2004 elections in the U.S.A., especially in Volusia County, Florida. The film investigates the flawed integrity of electronic voting machines, particularly those made by Diebold Election Systems, exposing previously unknown backdoors in the Diebold trade secret computer software. The film culminates dramatically in the on-camera hacking of the in-use / working Diebold election system in Leon County, Florida - the same computer voting system which has been used in actual American elections across thirty-three states. In 2007 Hacking Democracy was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Long Form Investigative Journalism.
Original Release
11/02/2006
US Release
11/02/2006
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Naughton | Narrator |
| Bev Harris | Self - Founder - Black Box Voting |
| Deanie Lowe | Self - Supervisor of Elections - Volusia Co. Florida |
| Harri Hursti | Self - Computer Security Analyst |
| Mark Radke | Self - Marketing Director - Diebold Inc. / Himself |
| Ion Sancho | Self - Supervisor of Elections - Leon County - Florida / Himself |
| Andy Stephenson | Self - Associate Director - Black Box Voting / Himself |
Directors
Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Naughton | Narrator |
| Bev Harris | Self - Founder - Black Box Voting |
| Deanie Lowe | Self - Supervisor of Elections - Volusia Co. Florida |
| Harri Hursti | Self - Computer Security Analyst |
| Mark Radke | Self - Marketing Director - Diebold Inc. / Himself |
| Ion Sancho | Self - Supervisor of Elections - Leon County - Florida / Himself |
| Andy Stephenson | Self - Associate Director - Black Box Voting / Himself |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sian Edwards-Beal | Executive Producer |
| Earl Katz | Executive Producer |
| Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Sarah Teale | Executive Producer |
| Simon Ardizzone | Producer |
| Russell Michaels | Producer |
| Robert Carrillo Cohen | Producer |
| Alice Henty | Producer |
| John Hoffman | Producer |
| Piers Vellacott | Producer |
