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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 08:33 AM Oct 2012

DOJ/FBI - Please Investigate This --- Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines [View all]

Oct. 18, 2012 If the Romney’s can’t win legally, they’ll take over Ohio’s electronic voting machines through investments.

The new owners of Ohio’s voting machines are owned by no other than Tagg Romney the son of one of the Candidates. By virtue of conflict of interest alone, this should be investigated by the DOJ preferably involving the addition of the FBI, Homeland Security and the CIA to ensure this connection will not endanger the vote in Ohio and other states.


As Lee Fang points out in his detailed analysis of the Romney investments

“Many of these private equity–owned companies rely on federal and state contracts, from HIG Capital’s Hart Intercivic, a voting machine company, to EnviroFoam Technologies, a biological and chemical decontamination firm that does business with the US military and is owned by Peterson Partners, a private equity firm listed in the Solamere prospectus.”

Solarmere’s tangled web of investments now includes Hart Intercivic voting machines which will be used in Cincinnati Ohio says Truth Out which could guarantee Mitt Romney the White House.

The State of Ohio is Ground Zero for the White House, in particular Hamilton County a repeat of the George Bush election in 2004

http://www.politicolnews.com/tagg-romney-invested-in-ohio-electronic-voting-machines/

The report was only released hours ago and Obama supporters already seem to be taking the news seriously. Change.org already has an online petition up and running that calls for "Attorney General Eric Holder: Investigate Tagg Romney owning voting machines in OHIO....".

Looks like things may get very interesting in the Buckeye state in the coming weeks.

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/19137



MORE:
Guess who's counting the vote in Ohio election night??

Prominent partners and directors on the H.I.G board hail from Bain Company or Bain Capital both connected to Mitt Romney. H.I.G employees have contributed at least $338,000 to Romney's campaign. H.I.G. directors , John P. Bolduk and Douglas Berman are both major Romney fundraisers as is former Bain and H.I.G, manager Brian Shortsleeve.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12130-will-hig-owned-e-voting-machines-give-romney-the-white-house#.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4693


The Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne Laboratory, which is a division of the Department of Energy, discovered this summer that Diebold touch-screen e-voting machines could be hijacked remotely, according to team leader Roger Johnston. Salon reported on it today, noting that as many as a quarter of American voters are expected to be using machines that are vulnerable to such attacks in the 2012 election.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20113063-245/e-voting-machines-vulnerable-to-remote-vote-changing/
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Where to send voting complaints to the DOJ: ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #1
done sarchasm Oct 2012 #9
Done inamatteroftime Oct 2012 #46
K & R & OMG AzDar Oct 2012 #2
The silence from Dems and the DOJ is chilling IDemo Oct 2012 #3
I just got home, read this and now I'm having a fucking panic attack. Maraya1969 Oct 2012 #45
Done. nm nc4bo Oct 2012 #4
. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #5
If you are in Ohio .... vote early and vote on paper Botany Oct 2012 #6
So I guess little Tagg-meister is going to "take his swing" on Election night! bullwinkle428 Oct 2012 #7
KnR! sarchasm Oct 2012 #8
The need for instant results is a disease. Get rid of ALL voting machines. Count paper ballots. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2012 #10
The "but we need to start the transition!" argument infuriates me too. beac Oct 2012 #11
Kick! mfcorey1 Oct 2012 #13
Exellent suggestion Liberalynn Oct 2012 #17
they should be glad for an excuse to take a couple days off mopinko Oct 2012 #21
WI does DreWId Oct 2012 #26
Glad to hear it. beac Oct 2012 #32
can the op scan part. robinlynne Oct 2012 #49
Rachel Maddow did a segment on voter suppression & intimidation garthranzz Oct 2012 #12
I would rather they catch them in the act. Blanks Oct 2012 #34
OK, could someone please explain to me how any private citizen or corporation tonybgood Oct 2012 #14
often they sell them but keep mopinko Oct 2012 #22
In Federal elections, beefed up Federal law needs to be followed. RC Oct 2012 #24
This is how far femrap Oct 2012 #29
I'm in Ohio, also! Just decided to vote early so I can use a paper ballot!!! tonybgood Oct 2012 #42
Hope this news will be spread widely, demands made for paper ballots! inamatteroftime Oct 2012 #47
Please tell all your friends femrap Oct 2012 #53
K&R N/T mecherosegarden Oct 2012 #15
Bill Press and Current have picked this up Liberalynn Oct 2012 #16
Melissa Harris Perry MSNBC weekend show does.... usaf-vet Oct 2012 #18
K&R Digit Oct 2012 #19
K&R Solly Mack Oct 2012 #20
No wonder the Republican party has been so busy making white noise with voter fraud allegations. midnight Oct 2012 #23
Petition begin_within Oct 2012 #25
Darkness at the break of noon (R) Berlum Oct 2012 #27
Please everyone in OHIO... femrap Oct 2012 #28
I sent this to CNN and Maddow. n/t bamacrat Oct 2012 #30
Buying an election Rider3 Oct 2012 #31
Easy for those who don't live in the areas where these machines count our votes, Sunnyshine Oct 2012 #33
I came to DU because I suspected Election Fraud in 2000 Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #50
No wonder Taggster wants to deck Obama flamingdem Oct 2012 #35
Just one minor point CIA cannot be involved in CONUS nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #36
Except when they *are* involved in CONUS KeepItReal Oct 2012 #43
Has anyone contacted the Brennan Center? jsmirman Oct 2012 #37
not going to happen when the DOJ is focused on shutting down dispensaries.. frylock Oct 2012 #38
He wouldn't invest in it without some kind of favorable "return," now would he? Blue Owl Oct 2012 #39
K&R! burrowowl Oct 2012 #40
K&R MelissaB Oct 2012 #41
Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza SammyBrown Oct 2012 #44
The thought crossed my mind this could have very deep roots... inamatteroftime Oct 2012 #48
Kick & Recommit! dchill Oct 2012 #51
K&R! countryjake Oct 2012 #52
K and R NOLALady Oct 2012 #54
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