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Electronic voting machines count about 87% of the votes cast in America today. But are they
reliable? Are they safe from tampering? From a current congressional hearing to persistent media
reports that suggest misuse of data and even outright fraud, concerns over the integrity of
electronic voting are growing by the day. And if the voting process is not secure, neither is
America's democracy. The timely, cautionary documentary Hacking Democracy exposes gaping holes in
the security of America's electronic voting system.
In the 2000 presidential election, an electronic voting machine recorded minus 16,022 votes for Al
Gore in Volusia County, Fla. While fraud was never proven, the faulty tally alerted computer
scientists, politicians and everyday citizens to the very real possibility of computer hacking
during elections.
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