Contrary to its public statements, Smartmatic “secretly” provided software to run the Venezuelan regime’s 2017 and 2018 elections, in a deal that “was meant to kept under wraps,” with the use of “a third company to hide the participation of Smartmatic,” the Miami Herald reports.
“Smartmatic, the electronic-voting company, decried Venezuela’s socialist regime for cheating in a 2017 election and a few months later announced it would stop running elections in the South American country after 13 years,” according to the Herald.
“But documents from Venezuela’s National Electoral Council obtained by the Miami Herald show that Smartmatic licensed its software for use in three other elections after that, at least two of them secretly: the municipal elections of December 2017 and the disputed presidential election of May 2018.
“Sources consulted for this story said the use of Smartmatic software in the municipal and the presidential elections was meant to be kept under wraps, and that Venezuelan officials and company executives agreed to use another company to hide Smartmatic’s involvement.
“.They literally used a third company to hide the participation of Smartmatic, but it was Smartmatic that provided the technicians to… have the software ready to use in the voting machines,’ a source who was on the National Electoral Council at the time told the Herald.” (Emphasis added)
Source:
1. https://www.miamiherald.com/world/americas/venezuela
1. What does it mean about the Venezuelan regime’s reputed hidden controls over the company?
2. How can one reconcile Smartmatic’s assertions that it stopped providing technicians, while a former National Electoral Council (CNE) figure said it continued to do so?
3. Why was a third-company cutout reportedly used to hide the matter?
4. What does it say about Smartmatic’s claim to be a “trusted” election services provider in the United States?
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