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STEALING AMERICA
Vote by Vote

Dorothy's Making of

I was among a group of volunteers who flew from California to South Florida to be an observer at the polls during the 2004 Presidential Election. As voters came out of the booths, many reported that when they tried to vote for John Kerry, their votes were flipping, on the touch screens, from Kerry to George Bush.
I wondered if this was an isolated phenomenon.  On the plane back to California, other volunteers reported the same pattern, voters complaining that their votes would "flip" in one direction, from Kerry to Bush.

I began to investigate and found that votes for President were being switched, visibly on the touch screens, mainly in one direction from Kerry to Bush in at least 13 states. And, the mainstream media, to this day, never once reported the phenomenon. I decided to make a film about this unreported election anomaly.  Through background research, I discovered dozens of other serious problems across the country during that election. I found that virtually all of the problems (exceptionally long waits (up to 12 hours), unequal distribution of voting machines, names of registered voters not being on the rolls, etc.) were concentrated in low-income neighborhoods or liberal college campuses and other heavily Democratic precincts.

I then expanded my research, speaking with experts on subjects ranging from the complexities of electronic voting to historic voting patterns across the nation. As a result of this work, the film focuses on voting rights and the ongoing disenfranchisement of low-income voters and minorities, groups clearly being targeted to make voting more difficult or impossible.

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