September 4, 2008 1:04 PM

McCain supporter blows whistle on election stealing strategies

In an a never-aired interview just uncovered by the election integrity advocacy group Velevet Revolution, lifelong Republican and data security expert Stephen Spoonamore openly accuses Diebold (now called Premier Election Systems) of propogating insecure electronic voting systems that he believes were knowingly used to "electronically steal" the 2004 election. According to Spoonamore, "the 2004 elections were electronically stolen. The hanging chad incident was just a distraction." The interview is wonkish in the extreme, but still worth checking out:

I do not believe George Bush won. I believe Kerry won, and I'm a member of the GOP. But I want to make it clear: we need to live in a place where your election is actually reflected in the vote.

Coming from a man, who up until recently in any case, has been a prominent McCain supporter, this is quite a bold statement indeed, and a spur to vigilance for the upcoming elections. The interview gets a nice write-up today by Progressive States Network, along with links to a handful of useful sources on clean and fair elections.