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About Downloading Videos

Below are tables of videos you can download. Roughly speaking, the better the quality, the bigger the file. To download a video, try right-clicking on the cell and choosing 'Save Target As...'. Click here for more explanation of various video formats.

Clips : Machines Flipping Votes

Votergate: Louisiana and Dr. David Dill (1 1/2 mins)

The first part shows Sequoia touchscreen machines actually flipping votes in Louisiana in the 90's. The second part has Dr. David Dill stating that 1 person can change thousands of votes. It finishes by pointing out that a Louisiana elections official was convicted of accepting a bribe from a voting machine company. Similar sequences are in the remake of Votergate called Hacking Democracy to be released in 2007.

mov 320x240
4.0 MB




Princeton/Diebold Virus Demos

These videos shows how Princeton University computer scientists are able to hack a Diebold TS touchscreen voting machine to get it to flip votes. You can read more about this report here.

Princeton U. (wmv format, 9 1/2 mins, 720x480)	68.2 MB
CNN News (mov format, 6.1 mins, 320x240)	12.0 MB
CNN News (same as above, but better quality)	38.5 MB
Fox News (mp4 format, 3 mins 320x240)	18.6 MB

YouTube versions of the Princeton University version are available here and here

Clips : Pollworker Problems

One of the biggest problems we have is getting enough competent poll workers. Many of them do not have the background to deal with computer-based voting machines. These videos show the results. The solution is to make election day a holiday, or, at least, allow government workers to work that day at the polls.

PBS News, June 15, 2006 : Kim Alexander is Looking for Trouble (1.1 mins)

wmv 720x480	mp4 720x480	mp4 360x240	3gp 176x144
11.4 MB	73.0 MB	11.8 MB	1.4 MB

The YouTube version of the full 10 minutes of the PBS broadcast is at :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMAoPiJbKzo

Invisible Ballots : Pollworker Problems in Alameda County (2 2/3 mins)

wmv 320x240	wmv 640x480
3.0 MB	17.1 MB

Longer Videos

• Votergate (2004, 35 mins),
  Web page : www.Votergate.tv.
  You can watch Votergate online at
  www.GetInTheirFace.blogspot.com/2006/02/votergate-movie-votergatetv.html.

  Hacking Democracy (2006)
  The new, updated version of the above "Votergate" film was shown on HBO during November of 2006 at 9PM under the title "Hacking Democracy". It will be released in 2007 :
  www.HBO.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/index.html

• Votergate (another good movie of the same title, 2004, 35 mins)
  www.Votergate.org

• Help America Vote On Paper (18 mins)
  www.archive.org/details/HelpAmericaVoteonPaper
  Also at
  www.archive.org/search.php?query=reviewer:Ecological%20Options%20Network
  And at www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2189785998591450323

• Dan Rather Reports : The Trouble with Touch Screens (8/07, 1 hr)
  http://www.hd.net/drr227.html
  In 3 segments : http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4960
  Transcript : www.Election-Reform.org/dan_rather.html

• www.Solarbus.org/election/cd/ has an informative CD ROM filled with videos and important documents that you can read. This includes the videos and documents mentioned on this page.

• www.Solarbus.org/election/multimedia.shtml has a list of more than 2 dozen digital videos and tapes of programs and interviews dealing with election integrity.

Clips : CNN's Lou Dobbs

Downloadable videos of CNN's Lou Dobbs reporting on voting machines are at :

• www.BradBlog.com

• www.VoteTrustUsa.org/videos

• http://ElectionDefenseAlliance.org/loudobbsseries

Clips : Civil Rights Veteran At Diebold Hearing

• Civil rights veteran, Diana, stands up and speaks out at a Diebold certification hearing, Sacramento, June, 2005. (2 1/3 minutes)
  

  www.bbvdocs.org/videos/diana.mpg (5.6MB)
  www.Video.Google.com/videoplay?docid=-4758890636206108794&q=diebold

Clips : Humor

• Killer Voting Machines, The Daily Show (John Hodgman), Early November, 2006
  "Sure one voting machine became an unstoppable killer, but that's to be expected with new technology."
  www.ComedyCentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=77838

• Hanging Chad Returns, Cartoon, 11/06, (4 2/3 minutes)
  www.Chadz.net
  www.YouTube.com/watch?v=qmo5DPdIC0Y

• Electronic Election 2004
  www.MarkFiore.com/animation/electronic.html

Nobody, and no machine, should be counting American votes in secret.