This movie is a good introduction to the topic of electronic voting. but it is quite dated and leaves some wrong impressions with the viewer. Since its release (prior to the 2004 elections) there have been several elections as well as numerous studies (to name a few: the Conyers Report, GAO Report of Sept 2005, the Carter-Baker Commission, the Princeton Center Report)which have unanimously found fault with electronic voting accuracy and security. This film leaves the impression that Rep. Holt's bill (then 550, now 811) is the answer to our prayers. Unfortunately, this is not true. In fact, in its reincarnation, its good features are matched by far more dangerous ones which assure that elections will stay out of the reach or supervision of the voters.

After the movie's release, I spent eighteen months distributing it through my free lending library project. In that time, almost 3200 copies of "Invisible Ballots" were distributed.

I no longer send it out, although I still have a thousand copies left. I prefer that people see newer and more up-to-date documentaries on the subject: among them, "Commander "N Thief", "Stealing America: Vote by Vote", "Swing State Ohio", "No Umbrella", "American Blackout", "Eternal Vigilance" and "The Right To Count". (Don't forget the HBO documentary "Stealing Democracy".) If you would like to read a review of any or all of these, you are welcome to visit www.OpEdNews.com and go to the writers archives where the reviews are listed among the other articles and reviews that I have written.

I welcome any correspondence on this topic. It is near and dear to me. Without free, fair, secure and transparent elections, with full citizen oversight we are justifying lowering voter confidence and making democracy nothing more than an ill-fitting hat.

Joan Brunwasser, Voting Integrity Editor, OpEdNews
joan@OpEdNews.com