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Treasury Urged to Make Public the Results of CFIUS Investigation of Smartmatic
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/16/2006 - 11:34am.
by Rep. Carolyn Maloney Press Release - December 3, 2006
Rep. Maloney Cites Need to Reassure Public About U.S. Voting System
See also Wall Street Journal: U.S. Authorities Probe How Smartmatic Won Venezuela Election Pact
The Member of Congress who first highlighted the need for an investigation of a deal involving voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic is urging the Department of Treasury to make the results of the investigation public when they are finalized. Smartmatic, a company with Venezuelan roots, announced shortly before November’s elections that it was indeed undergoing a Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) investigation related to its purchase of Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) wrote this week to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to point out the public unease about electronic voting, due to numerous glitches on Election Day and press stories about the Smartmatic investigation. It has also been reported this week that Smartmatic is the subject of an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into the possibility that the company bribed the Venezuelan government for contracts and may have committed tax fraud. Read the Entire Press release
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