Free film screening and Q&A with Bev Harris of Black Box Voting

HACKING DEMOCRACY
Friday, January 5th, 2007, 7pm
Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation
2200 East End St NW on Olympia's West Side

Is American democracy safe in the age of computers? This cautionary film looks at the very real risk of hackers altering vote counts in public elections--and exposes the vulnerability of the computers that count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections. Filmed in 2004-2005, this documentary tells the story of Bev Harris, a Seattle publicist/writer whose watchdog group uncovered evidence of mishandled voting records and suspicious voting machine malfunctions. Harris's crusade took the group--consisting of computer experts, activists and political candidates from both parties--from her home computer (where she found a computer system blueprint accidentally made public) to Tallahassee, FL, for a 
"mini-election" that proved just how easy it is to hack the vote. 81 minutes

We're very lucky to have Bev Harris come to this exclusive screening of Hacking Democracy here in Olympia.  Come learn about how Black Box Voting and Bev Harris have exposed the ease at which people can manipulate electronic voting machines.

Event Contact/Questions: Howard Rosenfeld, 360-790-4020