There Will Be No Recount!

With the recent release of the movie Recount starring Kevin Spacey, the American people have been reminded of the terrible fiasco that was the 2000 Presidential recount in Florida. Corruption, incompetence and partisanship forced thousands of votes to be uncounted or lost during that period but what the movie did not address is what happened after the recount? Did the system ever get fixed? Could the Florida confusion happen all over again?

          Novelist Alex Hutchinson believes he has the answers. His new book Purple State is about an investigation into the election scandal that not only chases down the truth behind the recount but tracks the changes in voting methods over the following six years. After Al Gore nearly won the Presidential race, enormous efforts were made by hundreds of Republican supporters to make sure that George W. Bush would secure Florida in 2004 thus ensuring him re-election. The key to this manipulation took the form of computer voting machines that were used to replace the ancient punch cards that had caused so much trouble. Millions of taxpayer dollars exchanged hands for this new system only to provide the President with an untraceable way to win the sunshine state.

          Purple State is a remarkably in-depth story about a private investigator who is asked to hunt down the man who murdered his college friend, only to end up in the middle of a deadly serious political battle happening just beneath the media radar. Topics include election fraud, the 9/11 attacks, foreign mercenaries being hired by American companies, oil prices and the war in Iraq.

                            Click here to purchase Purple State!