“Much of the angst about Sequoia is related to its purchase in March 2005 by Smartmatic Corp., a company that provided voting machines for the controversial 2004 recall election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Smartmatic’s involvement in U.S. elections troubles some, including Chicago Ald. Edward Burke (14th), who has suggested that the company’s equipment could be part of a Venezuelan conspiracy to subvert American democracy,” the Chicago Tribune reports.
Smartmatic has been the subject of bitter controversy in Chicago since its machines fouled the counting of a primary vote in March.
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1. Why were people like Chicago Alderman Edward Burke and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney unable to get real answers to their questions?
2. Why did they stop asking the company’s links to the Venezuelan regime, and other “irregularities”?
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