Election fraud movies

[ClassWarrior]

Does anyone know of a good election reform/black box movie out there? VoterGate (both versions) seems to be unavailable, as well as some others. Can anyone point me to something good and somewhat definitive that's available for purchase on DVD?

Please PM me if you do. I don't check this forum as often as I used to.

NGU.

[marmar]

1. As for documentaries, there's "Unprecedented"....

about Florida 2000.

[ClassWarrior]

2. That's an excellent one, but it's mainly about 2000.

I'd like to find something more current. And something that deals to a larger degree with the electronic voting issue.

NGU.

[blm]

6. A documentarian should put RFK's article in film format.

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[ClassWarrior]

12. That would be PERFECT. Robert Greenwald?? Are you out there?

Symbolman? Anybody??...

NGU.

[marmar]

3. I've found another for you, "Democracy's Ghosts"

Here's a link to the website: http://www.democracysghosts.org/


Over the past five years, the movement to re-enfranchise people with criminal convictions has been gaining traction with state legislators and the public at large. In the 2005 state legislative sessions, lawmakers introduced more than 75 bills affecting the voting rights of these people, and more than 70 of these would have extended the franchise. Public opinion research also shows that a vast majority of Americans - over 80 per cent - believe that people who have completed their felony sentences should have their voting rights restored.

But something was missing from this picture. During those years, Laleh Ispahani at the ACLU had come to know some of the ex-felons working on this issue. She wanted to show how hard these people were working to get their rights back and become participating members of society. And the ACLU wanted to put a face on the issue of felony disfranchisement.

Laleh came to Off Ramp Films with a comprehensive list of activists who could help to personalize the problem of felony disfranchisement, and contacts with a cadre of experts like Lani Guinier, Marc Mauer and Alexander Keyssar, as well as personalities like actor Charles Dutton, who would help inform and educate on the issue.

Discussions with experts yielded five solid arguments against felony disfranchisement, and the ACLU and Off Ramp Films quickly decided to use these arguments as the structure for Democracy's Ghosts. Disfranchising former felons works against rehabilitation, has an impact on entire communities, has its historical roots in Jim Crow legislation, creates expensive and frequently dysfunctional bureaucracies, and is just plain undemocratic.

[ClassWarrior]

8. That's an excellent one. I've seen it.

Thanks!

NGU.

[Kip Humphrey]

4. If you can wait until September 17...

...STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote is scheduled for release.

[ClassWarrior]

9. I can wait till then. Do you know if it'll be available on DVD?

Thanks for the suggestion.

NGU.

[Einsteinia]

5. "Help America Vote on Paper" (but it isn't a hcpb flick, as the name

as the name implies)

It has all the recent stuff about the GAO reports, Lowell Finley's lawsuits, etc.

It is balanced on disenfranchisement and computer fraud.

You can find it on the mmob.org website. I think you need to Google to get the exact url.

[ClassWarrior]

10. Sounds interesting. Paper and pen are definitely the way to go.

I'll go look for it. Thanks.

NGU.

[garybeck]

7. You came to the right place. Here you go.

First of all if you are looking for a full length documentary DVD, there are two films:


Electile Dysfunction is a good film focusing mainly on 2004, covering the long lines and electronic voting machines.


Invisible Ballots is a good film focusing exclusively on the electronic voting machines, not so much on any one particular election of the past.

You can order either of these in the Solar Bus store:
http://www.solarbus.org/store/videos.shtml

There are many more videos too, that you can get for free on the CDROM. These would not be shown on a TV/DVD, but rather a computer. You can get more info on the CDROM here:
http://www.solarbus.org/election/cd/

And there is also a great list of newer videos (and audio) that you can watch (or listen to) online here:
http://www.solarbus.org/election/multimedia.shtml

[ClassWarrior]

11. Those do sound good. I'd heard of ED before, but forgot about it.

Thanks!

NGU.