STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote
A new film by Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman
| WHEN: | September 19 - September 25 12:00, 2:10, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 |
| WHERE: | Regal Arbor Cinema 9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin |
On Sept. 19, the feature documentary STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote will open at the Regal Arbor Cinema at Great Hills. Filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman shines a spotlight on the elusive "irregularities" of the last decade's most egregious U.S. election voting anomalies. She weaves together first-person accounts, extensive research and provocative clips gleaned from the nightly news. Narrated by Peter Coyote.
SYNOPSIS: Since the mid-1970s, exit polls - based on voter's reports of how they just cast their votes - have accurately predicted U.S. election results. Over the last 10 years, that reliability has progressively disappeared. Why?
STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S. presidential election of 2004 - plus startling stories from key races in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Unbiased and nonpartisan, the film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don't match votes cast - uncounted ballots, vote switching, under-votes and many other examples of election totals that warrant serious investigation.
People who tell their stories include voters who experienced a wide range of problems, including votes flipping from one candidate to another and polls not having enough machines to serve the number of voters. Investigative journalists describe how their reportage on election fraud was sidelined. First-person citizen testimonies speak of waiting in line nine hours to vote. We hear how polling experts' requests for essential information - such as precinct voting data necessary to examine irregularities - had been rejected, while ballots were being systematically destroyed, making audits impossible.
Controversial partnerships perpetuate a secretive environment, as relevant facts and figures remain hidden from view. As a result, most Americans have no real sense of the threat to free and fair elections. As seemingly unrelated pieces of the puzzle come together, a chilling picture emerges of widespread, artfully crafted "glitches" that, in the final tallies, have the capacity to alter election results.