| | Heider Garcia received his engineering degree in Venezuela in 2003. he worked for Smartmatic for 12 years. In 2010, Garcia testified during a fraud investigation into the Smartmatic software in the Philippines election. In a video released of a raucous hearing Garcia was questioned on what he called euphemistically called “unforeseen” occurrences during the election.<ref>https://youtu.be/KEnV6TtM2sg</ref> | | Heider Garcia received his engineering degree in Venezuela in 2003. he worked for Smartmatic for 12 years. In 2010, Garcia testified during a fraud investigation into the Smartmatic software in the Philippines election. In a video released of a raucous hearing Garcia was questioned on what he called euphemistically called “unforeseen” occurrences during the election.<ref>https://youtu.be/KEnV6TtM2sg</ref> |
| − | After the Philippine rigged election scandal, Garcia moved to the United States and became the Democrat Elections Administrator in 2018 for Tarrant County, Texas, which includes [[Fort Worth]]. In 2019, Tarrant County purchased new election machines.<ref>http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/news/2019/new-voting-machines-arrive-in-tarrant-county-.html</ref> In October 2020, during early voting, Tarrant County had to rescan thousands of ballots due to a supposed barcode discrepancy. On November 3, 2020 Tarrant County for a Democrat presidential candidate for the first time since 1964.<ref>https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article247074617.html</ref> | + | After the Philippine rigged election scandal, Garcia fled the country and moved to the United States and became the Democrat Elections Administrator in 2018 for Tarrant County, Texas, which includes [[Fort Worth]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNZattlJv4</ref> In 2019, Tarrant County purchased new election machines.<ref>http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/news/2019/new-voting-machines-arrive-in-tarrant-county-.html</ref> In October 2020, during early voting, Tarrant County had to rescan thousands of ballots due to a supposed barcode discrepancy. On November 3, 2020 Tarrant County for a Democrat presidential candidate for the first time since 1964.<ref>https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article247074617.html</ref> |