Documentary film investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. 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. The film 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.
Direction
Trash-can-to-Finland investigation builds genuine thriller tension.
Editing
Tight 82 minutes that'll ruin your faith in minutes.
Director
Simon Ardizzone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Hursti Hack' was performed live in Florida's Leon County with election officials watching — they literally saw their own machines get owned in real-time.
Diebold's voting machine division rebranded as Premier Election Solutions in 2007, then sold entirely in 2009 — essentially disappearing after this film's scrutiny. The company that counted votes couldn't survive being watched.
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