Venezuelan Interest In U.S. Voting Software

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."

Ridiculous

[Joey7F]

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

What?

[Anonymous Coward]

..where safeguards against fraud are weaker."

Do they run open source software or something?

Flame Bait

[AlgUSF]

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

Re:Oh fucking please

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Exactly.

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

Re:Oh fucking please

[Kuciwalker]

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.

Re:Ridiculous

[Beyond_GoodandEvil]

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.