The National Electoral Commission is engaged in negotiations with the American ES&S company to buy voting machines, but not the software.
CNE chief Jorge Rodriguez says in a statement, “The negotiations we are advancing with the company will consist of the CNE being able to take control of the software” that Bizta is developing.
Source:
1.https://web.archive.org/web
2.http://www.cne.gov.ve/notideta.asp
1. What was the regime’s interest in controlling the voting software and technology?
2. Why did the regime agree to buy the ES&S machines, but not the software that was up to international standards at the time?
3. Did the Venezuelan government’s purchase of 28% of the shares of the software developer allow the regime to create a custom-made software?
4. Why was Jorge Rodriguez was the right person to negotiate with the companies?
5. Why did Rodriguez handpick Bizta, a small and unproven company with no experience in electoral processes, as the provider of the country’s voting system software?
6. Is it because Bizta, unlike ES&S, would give the regime full control of the software and therefore of the electoral results?
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