Did anyone watch "Hacking Democracy" on HBO last night? If you looked beyond the liberal-leaning tendencies of the author, Bev Harris, this was a very interesting film on voter security. Even though HBO refers to "Hacking Democracy" as a documentary it does not provide a balanced look at voter security. Bev Harris is a writer from Seattle, Washington who became interested in voter security after her area began using touch screen voting machines in 2002. The program went into great detail about Diebold voting equipment. At the conclusion of the program, a trial mini-election was conducted by Leon County Supervisor of Elections, Ion Voltaire Sancho, to test his scantron equipment in Tallahassee Florida. A test was conducted to see if the votes could be hacked without detection on their Accu-Vote machines and it was proved that the ballot box could be stuffed by entering votes on the computer's memory card. Hacking Democracy was an intriguing program since Hernando County currently uses the Accu-Vote scan machines to register votes. If you missed the program last night, a synopsis can be accessed at this link:
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