To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Ilene Proctor, +1-310-858-6643, for VelvetRevolution.us

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an exclusive interview, a former Diebold vote machine contractor who was in charge of preparing the 2002 election between Saxby Chambliss and Max Cleland has stated that the software patches placed on the voting machines in the weeks prior to the election could have rigged the election in favor of Republican Chambliss. The contractor, Chris Hood, was ordered by the President of Diebold, Bob Urosevich, to install uncertified patches on machines in predominantly Democratic counties supposedly to fix a clock function which it did not do, according to Mr. Hood. Saxby Chambliss won a surprising victory after trailing badly in the pre-election polls.

The interview with Mr. Hood, posted by Velvet Revolution ("VR"), a DC based non-profit dedicated to a clean and accountable government, can be seen on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKnIghBsU58. Rebecca Abrahams, a former ABC News producer who conducted the interview, states, "The candidates running in the upcoming Georgia election should be concerned about the veracity and validity of the November election results after anomalies in the last election and the statement by Chris Hood. In fact, Jim Martin, who is challenging Chambliss re-election, should ask Chambliss if he has any knowledge that the 2002 election was rigged and whether he knew that Georgia citizens voted on electronic voting machines that had been patched with uncertified software days before the election. Since such conduct violated Georgia law, the 2002 election was clearly tainted."

Stephen Spoonamore, a cyber security expert and lifelong Republican, has also stated that he believes that the 2002 Georgia Senate race was rigged in favor of Chambliss. "If you look at the case of Saxby Chambliss, that's ridiculous. The man was not elected. He lost that election by five points. Max Cleland won. They flipped the votes, clear as day," Spoon said in another exclusive interview posted on YouTube by VR at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKbigGoMoo.

VR has been working with whistleblowers who have stated that the GOP, under the direction of Karl Rove, has been using computers to change election results. In order to protect the 2008 election from such manipulations, a federal lawsuit is being pursued in Ohio to take depositions from those who have been implicated in this illegal strategy. Complete coverage of this suit is a www.rovecybergate.com.

SOURCE VelvetRevolution.us

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