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01:00:01 1 |
CU NEWS REPORTER'S FEDORA, WITH CARD IN HATBAND MARKED "PRESS PASS" LIES ON SHELF IN CLOAK ROOM.
ZOOM AWAY SHOWS MANY OTHER SIMILAR HATS ON SHELF . REPORTER'S HAND GRABS HAT, TAKES PASS OFF, PLACES HAT ON HEAD, WAVES TO CAMERA TO FOLLOW HIM. |
01:00:31 31 |
MS MAN EXITS HOME, SHAKES HANDS WITH PASSING MAN, VOICE OVER OF SAME MAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS MICHAEL R. JACKSON, REPORTER FOR "COURIER DISPATCH" NEWSPAPER.
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01:00:40 40 |
JACKSON WALKING ALONG STRING OF STORES IN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF TOWN WITH ANOTHER MAN, TOWARDS CAMERA, SHAKES HANDS WITH BUSINESS MAN EXITING STORE, THE THREE STOP TO CHAT. ALL THREE WALK TOGETHER, TOWARDS CAMERA.
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01:00:55 55 |
MS COUNTY COURTHOUSE BUILDING, JACKSON VOICE OVER CALLS IT "MY BEAT" (AS REPORTER). CALLS COURT HOUSE "DEMOCRACY SHOW PLACE". THE THREE MEN MEET ANOTHER GROUP OF MEN AT COURT HOUSE STEPS, ALL WALK UP STEPS TO COURTHOUSE.
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01:01:24 84 |
CU VIEW CURTAIN ON VOTING BOOTH. TITLE: "BEHIND THE FREEDOM CURTAIN". BY "THE AUTOMATIC VOTING MACHINE CORPORATION."
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01:01:55 115 |
CU VOTING BOOTH CURTAIN OPENS, REVEALING MAN, BACK TO CAMERA STANDING BEFORE VOTING PANEL. MAN TURNS TOWARDS CAMERA, PLACES CIGARETTE IN MOUTH, LIGHTS IT WITH MATCH, WALKS ON. zOOM BACK AS CAMERA FOCUSES ON VOTING MACHINE WITH ATTENDANT STANDING ALONGSIDE.. VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF MACHINE.
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01:02:22 142 |
MS MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT, WALKS TO VOTING MACHINE, BACK TO CAMERA, CURTAIN CLOSES BEHIND HIM. PAN L TO R, AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WITH FOLDED ARMS, LOOKS OVER MACHINE HE IS CONSIDERING, AS HE CHATS WITH ANOTHER.
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01:03:01 181 |
LS TRAILER TRUCK RIDING R TO L ON HIGHWAY ALONG RIVER. MS SIGN ON TRAILER TRUCK "VOTING MACHINES".
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01:03:23 203 |
MS COMMISSIONER AND REPORTER CLIMBING STEPS TOWARD CAMERA, AS THEY CHAT ABOUT NEW VOTING MACHINES.
CIRCA 1950S CARS PARKED AT CURB IN B/G. |
01:03:38 218 |
TWO MEN IN BUSINESS SUITS SHOW HOW VOTING MACHINE WORKS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS AS ONE WALKS INTO BOOTH, CLOSES CURTAIN. VOICE OVER SAYS "FOR FIRST TIME BALLOT IS REALLY SECRET".
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01:03:55 235 |
CU MALE VOTER IN BOOTH. SELECTS CANDIDATES.
PRESSES LEVER NEXT TO NAMES. PUSHES ON HANDLE R TO L. WHICH RECORDS VOTE AND OPENS CURTAIN SIMULTANEOUSLY. NO PAPER WORK, UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS, HIS VOTE IS CAST, |
01:04:29 269 |
MS GREY HAIRED MAN FOLLOWS, DOING SAME. MCU GOOD VIEW EYE LEVEL LEVER BOARD AS MAN RUNS HIS HAND ACROSS SCANNING HIS CHOICES BEFORE PULLING LEVERS.
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01:04:47 287 |
MS MAN IN CONVERTIBLE CIRCA LATE 1950S RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA ON TWO WAY STREET. CU MAN AT WHEEL OF CAR.
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01:05:05 305 |
CU HAND WITH PENCIL PLACES "CHECK MARK" IN STATE WHERE "X" IS REQUIRED NEXT TO NAME OF CANDIDATE ON SHEET MARKED "OFFICIAL BALLOT". INCREDIBLY, THIS VOTE IS ILLEGAL, INVALID BECAUSE OF THIS SIMPLE MISTAKE,
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01:05:20 320 |
CU HAND OF WOMAN PLACING PROPER "X" MARKS NEXT TO CANDIDATE NAMES, DECIDES TO CHANGE HER MIND OR MAKES SIMPLE MISTAKE. CU WOMAN PLACES PENCIL BETWEEN TEETH AS IN DEEP THOUGHT. CU SHE DECIDES TO ERASE "X" MARK SHE ACCIDENTLY PLACED IN WRONG BOX, THIS VOTE IN NOW INVALID, BECAUSE OF THIS SIMPLE MISTAKE, facial expression, deep thought
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01:05:39 339 |
CU VARIOUS OTHER SIMPLE MISTAKES CAUSING AN INVALID VOTE ON BALLOT IN STATES WITHOUT NEW MACHINES.
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01:06:20 380 |
CU COMMISSIONER IN DEEP THOUGHT. AS HE CONTEMPLATES[ USE OF NEW MACHINES. CU MAN WITH STAMP MARKING BALLOTS "VOID", BECAUSE OF SIMPLE MISTAKES.
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01:06:50 410 |
MS WOMAN, BACK TO CAMERA DEMONSTRATES VOTING AT BY MACHINE, AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS OF BENEFITS OF VOTING MACHINES. "NO PENCIL TO BREAK, NO PAPER TO TEAR. MACHINE WILL NOT LET YOU VOTE FOR MORE THAN YOU'RE ALLOWED".
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01:07:11 431 |
CU WOMAN'S FINGER POINTS YO QUESTIONS AND ISSUES ON BALLOT MACHINE AND SIMPLICITY OF VOTING ON EACH. SHE PRESSES "YES" LEVER ON QUESTION.# 1.
SHOWS YOU CAN'T VOTE BOTH "YES" AND "NO". MACHINE WON'T LET YOU WASTE BALLOT. WOMAN MOVES HANDLE WHICH REGISTERS VOTE, OPENS PRIVACY CURTAIN. |
01:08:03 483 |
CU HAND OPENS LOCKED MACHINE WITH KEY. MS COMMISSIONER OPENS OPERATING END OF MACHINE WITH KEY, EXPOSING LARGE NUMBER OF VOTING UNITS IN IT (PAN). COMPLEX PARTS, GEARS. CU INSIDE "GUTS"
OF MACHINE. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. |
01:08:50 530 |
CU COMMISSIONER. BACK TO CAMERA, PULLS OUT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT VOTING MACHINE USED IN TOWN OF LOCKPORT IN 1892. MLS ABOVE VIEW PEDESTRIANS ON BUSY CITY INTERSECTION, NEWSPAPER STAND, CITY BUS PASSING IN F/G.
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01:09:15 555 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "PUBLIC PRAISES NEW VOTING MACHINES".
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01:09:22 562 |
VOICE OVER EXPLAINS "THREE SIMPLE STEPS" OF
OPERATING VOTING MACHINE AS MAN DEMONSTRATES, MOVING RED HANDLE L TO R TO CLOSE CURTAIN, THEN SELECT YOUR CANDIDATES BY PUSHING DOWN LEVER UNDER THEIR NAMES, THEN PULLING RED HANDLE R TO L TO RECORD YOUR VOTE, OPEN CURTAIN. |
01:09:41 581 |
MCU REPORTER INTERVIEWS MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, IN STREET. MS MAN OUTSIDE VOTING PLACE HANDS PAPER TO MALE VOTER BEFORE HE ENTERS. CU SAME VOTER, BACK TO CAMERA, ENTERS VOTING BOOTH, TAKES OFF HIS GLASSES, BLOWS ON THEM, PUTS THEM BACK ON AS HE CLOSES CURTAIN. CU CURTAIN AS VOICE OVER SAYS, "ABSOLUTE SECRET BALLOTING....".SPEAKS OF VOTER FEARS.
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01:10:39 639 |
NEWSPAPER STORIES TELLING ABOUT PEOPLE LOSING VOTE BECAUSE OF MISTAKES ON WRITTEN BALLOTS. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW MACHINE "ABSOLUTELY ELIMINATES THIS PROBLEM AND OTHERS.
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01:10:46 646 |
CU ABOVE VIEW OFFICIALS HANDS CHECKING CUMBERSOME PAPER BALLOTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE STAMPED "VOID"
TIME IT TAKES, VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. |
01:11:03 663 |
MAN STEPS IN MACHINE DRAWS CURTAIN AS OFFICIALS, REPORTER GATHER OUTSIDE BOOTH JOINED BY COMMISSIONER. CURTAIN OPENS, MAN EXITS BOOTH.
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01:11:26 686 |
OFFICIALS OPEN MACHINE AT END OF VOTING DAY, ONCE OPENED THE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE "RIGHT NOW"
CU FINGER OF OFFICIAL SCANS COUNTER AS HE READS FIGURES OFF THE COUNTER INSIDE MACHINE. RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE IN 5 TO 19 MINUTES, |
01:12:09 729 |
ABOVE PAN OFFICIALS IN "GOOD OLD DAYS" COUNTING PAPER BALLOTS, SIPPING COFFEE, ASHTRAYS FULL OF CIGARETTE BUTTS, VOIDING BALLOTS WITH MISTAKES, ALL TAKING AN AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS, SOMETIMES FIVE DAYS.
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01:13:34 814 |
REPORTER INTERVIEWING COMMISSIONER OUTDOORS, MS
VARIOUS VIEWS COMMISSIONER AT BLACK BOARD SHOWING OFFICIALS HOW VOTING MACHINES SAVE MONEY. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS SAVINGS. education |
01:14:51 891 |
MLS COMMISSIONER, REPORTER EXIT CITY HALL BUILDING WALK DOWN STEPS AS THEY CHAT, CU WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA. VOICE OVER TELLS OF CONVERSATION, INCLUDING COMMISSIONERS IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND MODERNIZATION, AUTOMATION.
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01:15:28 928 |
LS CHURCH BUILDING WITH CARS PARKED IN PARKING LOT IN F/G. religion.
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01:15:39 939 |
PEOPLE WALKING IN AND OUT OF CLOTHING STORE, BUNDLES IN HAND. MLS LOW TWO STORY BRICK SCHOOL BUILDING WITH STUDENTS WALKING, HANGING AROUND education
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01:15:50 950 |
BULLDOZER MOVING LARGE PILE OF EARTH, TREE STUMPS TOWARDS CAMERA. construction
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01:16:06 966 |
LS COMMISSIONER, REPORTER WALKING, CHATTING, GOVERNMENTAL, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, IN B/G.
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01:16:18 978 |
MS BLACK SEDAN. CIRCA 1957, ON DRIVEWAY WAITS, AS GARAGE DOOR OPENS AUTOMATICALLY,,CAR DRIVES IN
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01:16:46 1006 |
MS STATUE MAN ON HORSE.
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01:16:50 1010 |
MS COMMISSIONER SPEAKING TO REPORTER STOPS AT OLD HITCHING POST, HORSE HEAD CARVED INTO IT. HE LEANS AGAINST IT AS HE CHATS. TWO CITY WORKERS TAP COMMISSIONER ON SHOULDER, ASK HIM TO MOVE AS THEY REMOVE HITCHING POST, REPLACE IT WITH PARKING METER (PROGRESS).
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01:17:20 1040 |
WOMAN EXITS VOTING BOOTH, MAN ENTERS, GRABS RED HANDLE TO CLOSE CURTAIN.
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01:17:42 1062 |
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