GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election Georgia

[RamboLiberal]

A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections.

Stephen Spoonamore is the founder and until recently the CEO of Cybrinth LLC, an information technology policy and security firm that serves Fortune 100 companies. At a little noticed press conference in Columbus, Ohio Thursday, he discussed his investigation of a computer patch that was applied to Diebold Election Systems voting machines in Georgia right before that state's November 2002 election.

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Spoonamore received the Diebold patch from a whistleblower close to the office of Cathy Cox, Georgia’s then-Secretary of State. In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower -- who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation -- said that he became suspicious of Diebold's actions in Georgia for two reasons. The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, who flew in from Texas and applied it in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds. The source states that Cox was not privy to these changes until after the election and that she became particularly concerned over the patch being installed in just those two counties.

The whistleblower said another flag went up when it became apparent that the patch installed by Urosevich had failed to fix a problem with the computer clock, which employees from Diebold and the Georgia Secretary of State’s office had been told the patch was designed specifically to address.

Some critics of electronic voting raised questions about the 2002 Georgia race even at the time. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who was five percentage points ahead of Republican challenger Saxby Chambliss in polls taken a week before the vote, lost 53% to 46%. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Barnes, who led challenger Sonny Perdue in the polls by eleven points, lost 51% to 46%. However, because the Diebold machines used throughout the state provided no paper trail, it was impossible to ask for a recount in either case.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_expert_raises_allegations_of_2004_0717.html

[tridim]

1. Seems like the election fraud dam is bursting all over the place this week

2000, 2002 and 2004 have all been put in play in just the past two days.

[villager]

2. The Georgia thing gets buried in most discussions of vote tabulation fraud

...even though it's another clearcut example...

Most people I bring it up to (here in California), have never even heard of the possibility...

[NightWatcher]

3. color me not surprised. I have yet to decide if I want to volunteer in GA or north FL this election

so many are rightfully so, writing off Georgia.

When are we gonna wake up to the realization that we are not citizens but serfs and indentured servants living under the guise of citizens in a representative republic (not a democracy).

[conscious evolution]

4. I have a feeling Ga. is going to be hard to steal.

In the 12th Congressional primary last week The Dem candidates totaled over 57,000 votes.The puke candidates only got a little over 16,000 votes.In the 2006 election for the same seat the vote totals were basicly 50/50.
In the 1st district in 2006 the voting was 70/30 for the pukes.This year it is close to 50/50.
In the 8th in 2006 the totals were around 50/50.In the 2008 primary the totals are around 65/35 for the dem candidate.
Any tampering with the count tallys will definitely be noticeable this year IMO.

[libnnc]

5. kicking