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Venezuelan Interest In U.S. Voting Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-what-we-needed dept.

A number of readers wrote in about a U.S. federal investigation into the Venezulean ownership of Sequoia Voting Systems, which makes voting machines used in 17 states and the District of Columbia. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States wonders whether the anti-U.S. government of Hugo Chávez could be trying to influence the U.S. midterm elections. From the article: "Government officials familiar with the Smartmatic inquiry said they doubted that even if the Chávez government was some kind of secret partner in the company, it would try to influence elections in the United States. But some of them speculated that the purchase of Sequoia could help Smartmatic sell its products in Latin America and other developing countries, where safeguards against fraud are weaker."

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  1. Ridiculous by Joey7F · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want people trying to influence this election unfairly to be Americans

    1. Re:Ridiculous by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

      The USA played a part in the attempted Venezulean coup in 2002.

      Hey the US was just celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Coup held by "friend of democracy" Hugo Chavez.

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      I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
  2. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    ..where safeguards against fraud are weaker."

    Do they run open source software or something?
  3. Flame Bait by AlgUSF · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want to mod this article flame bait. Left-wing koolaid drinkers vs. right-wing koolaid drinkers. :-)

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    I want my rights back. I was actually using them when our government stole them after 9/11.
  4. Re:Oh fucking please by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly.

    Let's investigate the only E-Vote vendor who is NOT under control of our own thugs.

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  5. Re:Oh fucking please by Kuciwalker · · Score: 2, Funny
    You've ignored the possibility that Chavez actually despises the actions of the Bush regime and genuinely would like to see a better US foreign policy.

    Not everyone is solely interested in power. Yes, I would ignore that possibility.