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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary There's something funny about voting in America. For starters, where is the Electoral College—and does it have a winning football team? Why does America have 13,000 voting districts, each with its own set of rules? And why are residents of our nation’s capital denied full voting rights? Electoral Dysfunction, a feature-length documentary...

Directed By: David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, Bennett Singer

Written By: Mario Correa, David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, Bennett Singer

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Electoral Dysfunction

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Summary There's something funny about voting in America. For starters, where is the Electoral College—and does it have a winning football team? Why does America have 13,000 voting districts, each with its own set of rules? And why are residents of our nation’s capital denied full voting rights? Electoral Dysfunction, a feature-length documentary...

Directed By: David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, Bennett Singer

Written By: Mario Correa, David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, Bennett Singer

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Mo Rocca

Self - Host

Alexander Keyssar

Self - Author, The Right to Vote

Jamie Raskin

Self - Professor of Constitutional Law, American University

Mike Marshall

Self - Jennings County Democrat

Dee Dee Sorvino

Self - Ripley County Republican

Ryan Clayton

Self - Democrat Volunteer

Brandt Hershman

Self - Indiana State Senator

Beth White

Self - Marion County Clerk

Erin Kelley

Self - President, Indianapolis League of Women Voters

Judith Browne Dianis

Self - Co-Director, Advancement Project

Wendy Weiser

Self - Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice

Tom Tancredo

Self - Former Congressman, Colorado

Ben Leatherbury

Self - Elector

David Buskill

Self - Elector

Ginger Bradford

Self - County Clerk

Jeffrey Calabrese

Self - Attorney, Stoll Keenon Ogden

Larry Shickles

Self - Indiana Republican Party Chairman

Lawrence Norden

Self - Author, The Machinery of Democracy

Todd Oldham

Self - Ballot Designer

Newt Gingrich

Self - Representative, Georgia

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40% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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40% Negative
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60
Sep 27, 2012
Both well-timed and oddly late-on-arrival, the good-natured documentary Electoral Dysfunction attempts to lay bare the irregularities behind the American voting system but, for some, it may feel too lightweight and coy for genuine effect.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 25, 2012
It's pleasant. It treats Democrats and Republicans respectfully, and its humor, with the comic Mo Rocca as guide, is closer to Garrison Keillor than to Michael Moore.
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60
Sep 25, 2012
A timely look at an important issue that's getting more hotly contested every month, Electoral Dysfunction takes a mildly jocular tone to get viewers concerned about what it calls a "war on voting" in America.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 25, 2012
The result being a film that, devoid of both laugh-out-loud humor and the righteous indignation that characterizes most agitprop efforts, winds up being just a voting-for-dummies primer.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 25, 2012
Satirist and "Daily Show" ex-contributor Mo Rocca's faux-disingenuous tone and nonstop jocularity dominate the documentary to quickly grating effect, significantly diminishing its impact.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Center for Independent Documentary, Trio Pictures
Release Date Sep 21, 2012
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline As seen on PBS
Website https://www.facebook.com/ElectoralDysfunction
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Awards

American Bar Association Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Telly Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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