Throwing democracy in the trash can

“Hacking Democracy” is a documentary about vote fraud in the United States, featuring the democracy activist Bev Harris. She and her associates criss-crosses the country in search of evidence for malfeasance.

In Florida's notorious Volusia County, Harris almost ends up fighting two warehouse workers who have orders to trash incriminating evidence before the activists can get hold of it! In another dumpster, Harris finds a document proving that a common kind of computerized voting machine was never tested for security glitches. It turns out that many voting machines are easily hacked or are prone to malfunctions. The documentary actually shows a successful hack of the memory card of a voting machine, which then registers a fraudulent result. In the same trash bin, the activists also uncover evidence that Diebold (the company selling the voting machines) accept donations from the Republican Party...

A former associate of John Kerry reveals that the Democratic presidential candidate knew very well that the Bush camp organized massive vote fraud. Kerry conceded defeat anyway. This, of course, is the most disturbing facet of the situation: both major parties are “in on it”, which explains why none of them want to clean up the mess. (Another documentary about vote fraud, "Invisible Ballots", point out that Diebold is owned by Chuck Hagel, a Republican Congressman who has served in the Obama administration!)

It's almost symbolic that Bev and the other pro-democracy people are forced to dig through trash to find evidence for vote fraud. US democracy (such as it is) is being thrown in the bin. Since the 2016 elections are already the most hotly contested since the Civil War, things might get really ugly really fast if the electorate don't trust the system.

Judging by “Hacking Democracy”, it cannot be.