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Title: Owner Of Electronic Voting Machine Company To Be Used Across the Country Has Close Ties To Bain, Romney
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Published: Oct 10, 2012
Author: the daily dolt
Post Date: 2012-10-10 22:54:58 by freepatriot32
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Owner Of Electronic Voting Machine Company To Be Used Across the Country Has Close Ties To Bain, Romney Photo: Roger Barone/flickr We’re not really into conspiracy theories here, so we’re not going to jump to any conclusions about the fact that, apparently, Mitt Romney and his former company, Bain Capital, have some really close ties with the voting machine company that will be used in several swing states in the upcoming presidential election. But we will say, uhhhhhh, someone should probably keep an eye on this, no? Okay, so here’s what we know: Hart InterCivic is a national provider of election voting systems that are used in swing-states Ohio and Colorado, as well as in states we don’t really care about so much because we already know how they’ll turn out (e.g., Texas, Oklahoma, and Hawaii). Private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, LLC bought out a “significant” portion of Hart in July of 2011, and now the majority of Hart’s board directors are employees of H.I.G. (It’s not entirely clear how much of the voting machine company H.I.G. owns, but the financial advisors responsible for the transaction state that “Hart Intercivic was acquired by HIG Capital.”) H.I.G., in turn, has close ties to Bain Capital and Mitt Romney directly: H.I.G. was founded by Tony Tamer, a former Bain employee and bundler for Mitt Romney’s campaign. Of H.I.G.’s 22 American directors, 21 donated to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. One person made no political donations at all; one person donated to both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama; the remaining 20 directors donated exclusively to Mitt Romney in 2012. (See below for links to donations.) Of these 22 American directors, seven of them (nearly one-third) are former Bain employees. Now, to be fair, besides the fact that H.I.G. employees make up the majority of Hart’s board of directors, we don’t know exactly how much control H.I.G. is able to exert over the voting machine company’s day-to-day operations. Plus, it seems like it would be pretty difficult to mess with the software without anyone finding out about it. Moreover, just from a cost-benefit standpoint, it doesn’t really make sense that these H.I.G. directors would commit a felony and risk their super-lucrative careers just to get their Bain bro elected. But that said, this still makes us a little… uncomfortable. For instance, what if irregularities or honest mistakes are suspected (and this is a real possibility: Hart InterCivic has previously had some pretty major malfunctions in its voting systems)? The documentation will then be in the hands of Hart/H.I.G. More info at the David Pakman Show here. *Obligatory Amazon.com plug: Need to buy something on Amazon? Why not be awesome and buy it through this super helpful link we are providing right here Links to H.I.G.’s American directors: Tony Tamer – Bain alum; Romney bundler; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Sami Mnaymneh – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign as well as Barack Obama’s campaign Douglas Berman – Bain alum; Romney bundler; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign John Bolduc – Bain alum; Romney bundler; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Rick Rosen – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Brian Schwartz – bundler for the Romney campaign; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Timothy Armstrong – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign John Black – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Dave Blechman – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Peter Cornetta – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Marc Kramer – No known donations to presidential campaigns Chris Laitala – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Elliot Maluth – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign William Nolan – Bain alum; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Michael Phillips – Bain alum; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Matt Sanford – Bain alum; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Lewis Schoenwetter – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Richard Stokes – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Neil Tuch – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Rob Wolfson – donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign Jeff Zanarini – Bain alum; donated to Mitt Romney’s campaign
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#2. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
Honestly, who cares who wins the election? This county is goin' straight down the sewer regardless of who wins. Obumster, the Kenyan, or Romney, the robot.
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