BuzzFlash interview with Matt Kohn who did a documentary on voting

BuzzFlash interview: Matt Kohn
Going after the Electoral College and America's failed electoral system

There's only one way to get rid of corrupt politicians like Tom DeLay -- it's voting them out of office. The problem is that America's voting and electoral system is plagued with problems. There is a crisis looming whether our future elections will have any legitimacy with the growth of computer -- and paperless -- voting machines. Before we can vote the crooks out and have a true democracy in our country, we have to fix our voting system first.

That's the thrust of a new documentary, "Some Call It Democracy," by director Matt Kohn, a balanced and resourceful film that peers into America's voting system and finds there are more problems than meet the eye. Kohn analyzes the overarching and systemic problems with how we vote -- mainly pinpointing that the people who run our electoral system are partisan for one political party or another. Kohn not only retraces all the many subplots in the theft of the 2000 presidential election, but he also probes much deeper and asks how the Electoral College, by its very existence, suppresses voter turnout in non-battleground states. Lastly he delves into the myriad of problems and potential corruption with computer voting.

Kohn's documentary is supported with thoughtful interviews with such speakers as Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), investigative reporter Greg Palast, John Nichols from The Nation, and Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ), the sponsor of legislation to mandate a paper trail for computer voting machines. Kohn also interviewed Professor Alan Dershowitz and Vincent Bugliosi and a host of other constitutional law professors about the Supreme Court's ruling that handed the presidency to George W. Bush.

"Some Call it Democracy" is playing on May 17th and May 21st at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival. Or you can check out http://www.callitdemocracy.com for more information.

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