Why is Hugo Chávez Involved With U.S. Voting Machines?

RealClearPolitics ^ | March 28, 2006 | Richard Brand

[RexBeach]

Because he can't get anyone else to date him?

[OXENinFLA]

WTF!?!?

[Paul C. Jesup]

The greater threat to our nation's security comes not from Dubai and its pro-Western government, but from Venezuela, where software engineers with links to the leftist, anti-American regime of Hugo Chávez are programming electronic voting machines that will soon power U.S. elections.

This is not going to end well and if the next election turn out well and if all Red states go blue next election, we now know how they cheated.

[TChris]

After the left has so incessantly screeched about the VRWC, Halliburton and everything eeevil being tied to voting machines, it will, of course, turn out to be the left who tampers with them.

It's the same old "accusation as confession" strangeness from the Dems. What ever they are yelling the loudest, most passionately about, you can bet your bottom dollar it's what they're doing.

[Paul C. Jesup]

The greater threat to our nation's security comes not from Dubai and its pro-Western government, but from Venezuela, where software engineers with links to the leftist, anti-American regime of Hugo Chávez are programming electronic voting machines that will soon power U.S. elections.

This is not going to end well and if the next election may NOT turn out well. Also, if all Red states go blue next election, we now know how they cheated.

[tuliptree76]

Ping.

[EggsAckley]

You are correct. Evil always accuses everyone else of doing the very thing that they are doing.

[SittinYonder]

I always liked paper ballots, myself.

[Mo1]

but from Venezuela, where software engineers with links to the leftist, anti-American regime of Hugo Chávez are programming electronic voting machines that will soon power U.S. elections.

What idiot ok'd this????

[Montfort]

Bump this thread.

[tiredoflaundry]

Good Lord!

[Smartass]

Homeland Security asleep at the switch again!

I'm amazed how big Homeland Security is, yet they're still the last to know, or to act on these issues! Makes one wonder what their daily work load consists of?

[BlueStateDepression]

I liked paper ballots until I was introduced to the term "preagnant chad" in 2000. I will never forget the picture of the 'BEMF' looking at a ballot trying to decide "voter intent".

[hedgetrimmer]

Why is Hugo Chávez Involved With U.S. Voting Machines?

Because the global effort to destroy American sovereignty and devastate our domestic economy is gathering steam.

Clearly if the "free traders" in our government say Chinese communists are allowed to operate our ports, then they can say that Venezuelan communists can run our elections.

[null and void]

"Sequoia's products consist only of voting devices and systems, all of which must be federally and state tested and certified prior to use in an election. As Sequoia's products do not have military, defense or national security applications, they do not fall within the parameters of the matters governed by CFIUS."

An accurate vote is not a National Security issue?

"He who votes, doesn't count, only he who counts the votes counts" - Stalin

[My2Cents]

Must be the voting machine manufacturer.

[CedarDave]

NM's return to paper ballots looking better all the time, provided the Pubbies chain themselves to the ballot boxes to prevent tampering before the votes are counted.

[GAB-1955]

"I'm amazed how big Homeland Security is, yet they're still the last to know, or to act on these issues! Makes one wonder what their daily work load consists of?"

It's humongous.

Note: Maryland is switching to paper ballots in 2006.

[SittinYonder]

until I was introduced to the term "preagnant chad"

I suspect - whether it actually happens or just Democrats claim that it happened - the next term you won't like will be "vote hacking." It's just amazing to me we got along with paper ballots for 230 years without the country falling apart.