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Is this the same thing that Smartmatic company was hired for? https://abc7.com/politics/new-voting-system-approved-by-la-county-board-of-supervisors/3595736/ h
by nonbel 8y ago
Is this the same thing that Smartmatic company was hired for?
https://abc7.com/politics/new-voting-system-approved-by-la-county-board-of-supervisors/3595736/ https://abc7.com/politics/new-voting-system-approved-by-la-c...
That seems to be the case:
>"Separately, Logan signed a contract on June 13 with Smartmatic USA, making it the VSAP prime contractor and systems integrator. Smartmatic USA will help Logan's office in managing the manufacture and implemention of components scheduled for introduction in the March 2020 California presidential primary election."
https://www.techwire.net/news/la-county-oks-open-source-election-system.html https://www.techwire.net/news/la-county-oks-open-source-elec...
Why are all these "voting machine" companies so shady?
>"The Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation, complicated by the fact that its machines have overseen several landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and his supporters. The electronic voting company went from a small technology startup to a market player in just a few years, catapulted by its participation in the August 2004 recall referendum. Smartmatic has claimed to be of U.S. origin, but its true owners -- probably elite Venezuelans of several political strains -- remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados. The Smartmatic machines used in Venezuela are widely suspected of, though never proven conclusively to be, susceptible to fraud. The company is thought to be backing out of Venezuelan electoral events, focusing now on other parts of world, including the United States via its subsidiary, Sequoia."
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06CARACAS2063_a.html https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06CARACAS2063_a.html
- vuln 8y agoSmartmatic is a CIA operation.