Hacking Democracy HBO Documentary Notes questions and answers 100% correct, A+ test

Hacking Democracy HBO Documentary Notes questions and answers 100% correct, A+ test What happened with Al Gore's vote totals in Volusia County, Florida? An election computer counted Al Gore's totals backwards so it looked like he had negative votes An investigation showed the problem couldn't have been a computer malfunction because only presidential votes were affected, so it must have been actual people tampering with it Still, they'll never know for sure because they're not allowed to look into voting machines or their software Who is Bev Harris? Founder of Black Box Voting What did Susan Bernecker (Republican Candidate in New Orleans, Louisiana) do to test the voting machines? She went in with a camera man and tried to vote for herself but found out that when you press her name on the voting machine it automatically counts another candidate's name in her place What are the two kinds of voting machines? touch screen machines paper ballot readers How did Bev Harris first reveal what was going on with how voting machines worked? found a library of folders on her computer containing old versions of coding, passwords, etc. for voting machines What did Doctor Ruben find when Bev Harris took her newfound info to him? Ruben found you can hack into an election without even knowing how the system worked = a big security hole What did Maryland do when Ruben and Bev revealed this? Spent lots of money having a scientist break into the Diebold voting machines; the scientist was able to but Diebold claimed it would be virtually impossible during an actual election scenario Who was the marketing director of Diebold? Mark Radke What did Bev Harris find in the trashcan during her 2004 raid on Diebold's trash? She found money due to Diebold from 8th District Republican committee = why are they receiving collectibles from a political committee? What was the Wally O'Dell (CEO of Diebold) controversy in 2003? He wrote a letter promising to deliver votes of Ohio to George W. Bush What did Kevin Shelley discover in 2003? Shelley discovered none of the counties in California were running on certified software Diebold was called to court by the state of CA Shelley banned Diebold usage in 4 counties and asked the attorney general to pursue criminal prosecution The state brought civil action but never criminal charges, and ended up settling for $2 million What was Gems? The paper counting software What did Hugh Thompson PhD find out about Gems software? He found you can change the vote totals and who people voted for and that there is no record of anything you did besides the change itself Gems (like Diebold) claimed that it would be impossible in an actual election scenario What did John Kerry end up doing after initially organizing an investigation of voting machines? Kerry ended up conceding the election before the voting machines had been properly looked at when he found there was no way for him to win Ohio and thereby the election either Is throwing poll tapes away against the Federal law? Yes, even though Volutia Florida did this they are required to be kept at least 22 months after the election What are the policies on recounting votes? First you have to recount 3% of votes, if there are no discrepancies found then you don't have to look at or recount the other 97% of votes