Vote machine firm seeks inquiry into reported Chavez ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. manufacturer of touch-screen voting machines has asked the government to investigate reports the company is connected to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, company officials said Sunday. They deny any connection to Chavez.Chavez is a longtime foe of the Bush administration who drew criticism from lawmakers of both U.S. parties last month after he called President Bush “the devil” in a speech at the United Nations.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, said Sunday she welcomed the formal review. She said she asked the government in May to examine the Sequoia takeover.
“It’s a national security issue,” she said in a telephone interview. “Having a foreign government investing or owning a company in this country that makes voting machines could raise a question about the integrity of the elections.”
Do you feel comfortable voting on a machine that is run by Hugo Chavez? Do you agree with Rep. Maloney, D-NY that this is a “national security issue”?
October 30th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
It is a national security issue. However the likelyhood of this being substantiated is low. Just in case, let me pass around these here tinfoil hats.
October 30th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
James
LOL
October 30th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
If the next Senator from the great state of Connecticut is Hugo Chavez, I, for one, am going to be suspicious.
But I suppose it depends on where he stands on Iraq.
November 1st, 2006 at 1:13 pm
I am very uncomfortable with the possibility that we will hire foreign governments to search our incoming cargo shipments.
Oh, didn’t we do that?
Connecticut for Chavez!
A true grass roots movement.
JUST KIDDING!