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'''Dominion Voting Systems''' is a [[Canadian]] company that sells voting hardware and software manufactured with [[Chinese]] componentsand is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Denver, Colorado.<ref>https://youtuweb.bearchive.org/web/20201120113520/https://5ZjLrgQDtCQwww.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/trump-s-election-attacks-put-voting-tech-firm-in-the-crosshairs </ref> Dominion was founded in 2004 in [[Venezuela]] to rig elections for the [[dictator]] [[Hugo Chavez]] and later [[Nicolas Maduro]]. The software has been used by the [[CIA]] to rig elections in [[Eastern Europe]]. Dominion acquired the vote-rigging software when it purchased Sequoia Voting Systems from [[Smartmatic]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtGEBRRAC50</ref> which originally developed the software, and signed a non-competition agreement.<ref>[https://thenationalpulse.com/news/dominion-smartmatic-are-not-actually-competitors/ Dominion/Smartmatic ‘Noncompete’ Agreement Emerges Despite Claims Of Being ‘Fierce Competitors’], Natalie Winters, ''National Pulse'', November 21, 2020.</ref> Retired Admiral [[Peter Neffenger]], who is on [[Joe Biden]]'s alleged transition team, is on the board of directors of SmartMatic.<ref>http://dennismichaellynch.com/dml-morning-briefing-mon-nov-16-trump-lawyer-vows-to-overturn-results-of-election-in-several-states/</ref>

As of 2020, the equipment is used in 30 states in the [[United States]]. In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 Presidential presidential election]], Dominion Voting Systems deleted 2.7 million votes for incumbent [[President Donald Trump]] nationwide. Data analysis found the voting systems switched 221,000 votes in [[Pennsylvania]] from President Trump to his rival, [[Democratic party|Democrat]] challenge former [[Vice President Joe Biden]]. 941,000 Trump votes for President Trump were deleted. Other states using Dominion switched 435,000 votes from President Trump to Joe Biden, although liberals like to dispute it despite lots of evidence proving it did. <ref>https://thenewamerican.com/potus-dominion-voting-system-deleted-2-7-million-trump-votes/</ref> As suspicions arose Dominion shuttered their [[Toronto]] and [[Denver]] offices, refused to testify before a Pennsylvania House committee,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/dominion-cancels-planned-appearance-before-pennsylvania-lawmakers_3587425.html</ref> and at least 100 Dominion employees deleted their LinkedIn profiles.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/since-election-day-100-243-dominion-employees-linkedin-deleted-profiles/</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/11/dominion-radicals-screenshots-of-their-scrubbed-linkedin-accounts.html/</ref> Dominion, a foreign corporation conducting American elections, issued a statement saying they were ‘not shuttering its offices’ and ‘employees have been encouraged to work remotely and protect their social media profiles due to persistent harassment and threats against personal safety.’ <ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/24/fact-check-false-claim-voting-software-companies-have-closed/6393155002/ </ref> 'Working remotely' to conduct election rigging and interference is one of the allegations charged against Dominion machines. In December 2020 a class action lawsuit on behalf of voters was filed against Dominion and other parties. <ref>https://dominionclassaction.com/m/login?r=%2Fhow-to-join</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed on November 22, 2021. <ref>https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/coloradopolitics.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/1c/61cb3194-4c0f-11ec-98ca-173de4a6304a/619c635f83d11.pdf.pdf</ref> The attorneys who filed the lawsuit were ordered to pay fees for those involved. <ref>https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/federal-judge-tells-lawyers-to-pay-up-in-dominion-voter-fraud-case/article_cdad92ee-4c0a-11ec-8359-f3aa5a763f47.html </ref> <ref>https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-cod-1_20-cv-03747/context</ref> An appeal of this decision is pending. <ref>https://dominionclassaction.com/</ref> ==Lawsuits Filed By Dominion <ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/01/18/after-lawsuit-against-mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-heres-who-dominion-and-smartmatic-have-sued-so-far-and-who-could-be-next/?sh=2350f0b612f6</ref> ==Dominion sued [[OANN]] and anchors Chanel Rion and Christina Bobb in federal court and [[Newsmax]] in [[Delaware]] state court in August, alleging the two networks promoted fraud allegations on their network knowing they were false.  Dominion sued former [[Overstock]] [[CEO]] [[Patrick Byrne]], alleging the businessman manufactured and promoted fake evidence to convince the world that the 2020 election had been stolen using Dominion voting machines,  Dominion filed its first lawsuit in January against pro-Trump attorney [[Sidney Powell]], who has been the most prominent person spreading the fraud claims, seeking $1.3 billion in damages. Dominion filed suit against Trump attorney [[Rudy Giuliani]], alleging he used the conspiracy theory about Dominion’s machines to personally enrich himself while knowing the claims were false. Dominion made similar allegations against [[Mike Lindell]], suing the businessman and his company in February and claiming the CEO sells the lie involving the company’s voting machines because the lie sells pillows. Dominion sued [[Fox News]] in March alleging the network had knowingly spread false news about its machines to improve failing ratings, saying they had “set out to lure viewers back...by intentionally and falsely blaming Dominion” for President Donald Trump’s loss. Dominion has identified more than 150 people as potential targets of litigation, and has sent letters to preserve evidence and warning of potential [[litigation]] to right-wing figures including pro-Trump attorney [[Lin Wood]], Fox News anchors and Melissa Carone. The company sent letters to social media networks in [[February]] asking them to preserve posts from Trump and his campaign, as well as from Trump allies including former Trump advisor [[Michael Flynn]], Fox anchor [[Jeanine Pirro]], Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis and political commentator [[Dan Bongino]].

[[File:Dominion-states-522x600Biden Putsch.jpgpng|right|200px350px|thumb|Dominion election equipment with Chinese components used in 28 states.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/huge-corrupted-software-used-michigan-county-stole-6000-votes-trump-also-used-swing-states-uses-chinese-computer-parts-machines/</ref>]]

{{quotebox-float|"Chinese manufacturers can be forced to cooperate with requests from Chinese intelligence officials to share any information about the technology and therefore pose a risk for U.S. companies, NBC News analyst Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director of the FBI for counterintelligence, said. That could include intellectual property, such as source code, materials or blueprints. There is also the concern of machines shipped with undetected vulnerabilities or backdoors that could allow tampering."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-ownership-growing-scrutiny-inside-america-s-biggest-n1104516</ref>}} 

{{quotebox-float|"If you are planning to vote for the autocratic, narcissistic, fascists, ass-hat blowhard and his [[Christian]] [[jihad]]ist VP pic, UNFRIEND ME NOW!

{{quotebox-float|“concerns that China Telecom is vulnerable to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government” and how “the nature of China Telecom’s U.S. operations” provide “opportunities for Chinese state-actors to engage in malicious cyber activity enabling economic espionage and disruption and misrouting of U.S. communications.”<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/executive-branch-agencies-recommend-fcc-revoke-and-terminate-china-telecom-s-authorizations</ref>}}[[File:Heider Garcia.png|right|200px|thumb|Heider Garcia]]

==Serbian Technology with Chinese Characteristics=From =[[File:Why did BIS add Huawei to the Philippines Entity List.PNG|right|350px|thumb|]]Roaming Networks, a relatively unknown corporation based in [[Serbia]] run by oligarch Nenad Kovac,<ref>https://archive.is/nb22R</ref> was selected as the enterprise partner of [[Huawei]] (CCP) to Texas===install their technology into [[Eastern Europe]]. Roaming Networks

Heider Garcia received his engineering degree 1) Installed Huawei radio communications equipment in Venezuela in 2003. he worked Serbia 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>multiple telecom corporations;

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-arrive2) Worked with T-Mobile in-tarrant-county-.html</ref> In October 2020, during early voting, Tarrant County had Austria to rescan thousands of ballots due to a supposed barcode discrepancy. On November 3, 2020 Tarrant County install Huawei equipment for a Democrat presidential candidate for the first time since 1964.<ref>https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article247074617.html</ref>3600 cell towers; and

SensDenmark’s TDC Telecom also received a Huawei injection. [[Elizabeth Warren]] (Mass.)Roaming enabled CCP-owned Huawei to run the Serbian nationwide transport network, [[Ron Wyden]] (Oreincluding railways, electric power, and wind.)Roaming built their own HQ data center using Huawei tech, and was rewarded with the design, implementation, and 24x7 maintenance of the [[Amy KlobucharBank of China]] (Minn.), along Even the National Assembly of Serbia is now wired with RepHuawei. In 2017, they lost their license to operate in [[Mark PocanDenmark]] (Wisc.<ref>https://archive.is/7NEVm</ref> Dominion Voting Systems Corporation is located at OSMANA DJIKICA 18, 11060, Beograd Serbia.<ref>https://archive.is/hbB1B</ref> It is registered as a Computer Systems Design company. One of the software engineers is Ivan Yukovic, designing Election Management Systems (EMS)used in U.S. elections. Srjdan Nogo, wrote a joint letter to former Serbian Member of Parliament, identified connections between Serbian government, tech companies, George Soros, and the former VP Joe Biden.<ref>https://archive.is/yhrj8</ref> He confirmed Dominion in December 2019 warning that use used the Serbian company as their software design team. As he began writing about the US election and his discoveries about where the Dominion software was actually designed and maintained, Bojan Djordjevic, listed as the legal representative of the company’s voting machines resulted in “switching votes” Serbian company, began responding to him and other “undisclosed vulnerabilities” that “threaten trying to explain. On May 16, 2019, the integrity United States BIS added Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and many of our electionsits non-U.S. affiliates to the Entity List. The addition of Huawei and its affiliates to the Entity List imposed a license requirement on the listed entities supplemental to those found elsewhere in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminerbis.comdoc.gov/newsindex.php/democraticdocuments/pdfs/2447-senatorshuawei-warnedentity-oflisting-potentialfaqs/file</ref> Dominion Voting Systems uses Roaming Networks, the Serbian Huawei partner: Implementation all flash Pure storage solution on primary Data Center.<ref>https://www.roamingnetworks.com/?page_id=107&lang=en</ref> And Dominion hardware is Made In China.<ref>https://tsarizm.com/wp-votecontent/uploads/2021/08/Serbia-switchingChina-byDominion-dominion-voting-machines-prior-to-2020-election8.12.21.pdf</ref> ==Complaints==

==Smartmatic==Smartmatic Carone’s affidavit was officially incorporated on 11 April 11. 2000 included in [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Division of Corporations - Filing - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx|website=State of Delaware - Division of Corporations|publisher=State of Delaware|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Profit - SMARTMATIC CORPORATION|url=http://www.urru.org/papers/anexo1.2.jpg|publisher=State of Delaware|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/business/a-crucial-vote-for-venezuela-and-a-company.html?_r=1 "A Crucial Vote for Venezuela and a Company"] ''New York Times''. Retrieved 2017-01-19.</ref> After receiving funds from private investors, the company then began to expand. Smartmatic was the main technology supplier for fourteen Venezuelan national elections. Smartmatic’s incorporators and inventors have backgrounds evidencing their foreign connections, including Venezuela and [[Serbia]].<ref>https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.350905/gov.uscourts.mied.350905.1.15.pdf</ref> In March 2018, Smartmatic ceased operations in Venezuela.<ref name=":11">{{cite news|title=Smartmatic Announces Cease of Operations in Venezuela|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180306005537/en/Smartmatic-Announces-Cease-Operations-Venezuela|accessdate=|work=Business Wire|date=6 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Maloney.png|right|200px|thumb|Rep. Carolyn Maloney]]Smartmatic acquired Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005.<ref name="WPbizz">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103001224.html|title=Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties|last1=Goldfarb|first1=Zachary A.|date=31 October 2006|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=|quote=Bizta, a start-up technology company in Venezuela with some of the same owners as Smartmatic}}</ref><ref>''Business Wire'', 9 March 2005, [http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050308006237&newsLang=en Sequoia Voting Systems and Smartmatic Combine to Form Global Leader in Electronic Voting Solutions]</ref><ref name="CRONsmart">{{cite news|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2009/472673.html|title=Smartmatic es una empresa de "comercio riesgoso" y... defraudadora|last1=Cedillo Cano|first1=Alejandro|date=1 December 2009|work=La Crónica de Hoy|accessdate=|language=es-MX}}</ref> Following this acquisition, Rep. [[Carolyn Maloney]] requested an investigation to determine whether the [[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States|Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)]] had followed correct processes to green-light sale of Sequoia to Smartmatic, which was described as having "possible ties to the Venezuelan government".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1095&Itemid=61|title=Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney|website=Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney|accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> The request was made after a March 2006 following issues in [[Chicago]] and Cook County, where a percentage of the machines involved were manufactured lawsuit filed by Sequoia, and Sequoia provided technical assistance, some by a number of Venezuelan nationals flown in for the event.<ref name="abclocal">ABC Local, 7 April 2006, [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=4065162 Alderman: Election Day troubles could be part of 'international conspiracy']</ref> A [[WikiLeaks]] cable from July 10, 2006 discussed ownership:{{quotebox-float|“The Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation, complicated by the fact Trump campaign that its machines have overseen several landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and his supporters. The electronic voting company went from a small technology startup sought to a market player in just a few years, catapulted by its participation in stop the August 2004 recall referendum. Smartmatic has claimed to be certification of U.S. origin, but its true owners — probably elite Venezuelans of several political strains — remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Barbados]]. The Smartmatic machines used in Venezuela are widely suspected of, though never proven conclusively to be, susceptible to fraud. The company is thought to be backing out of Venezuelan electoral events, focusing now on other parts of world, including the United States via its subsidiary, Sequoia.”<ref>https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06CARACAS2063_a.html</ref>}}[[File:Gates and Mugica.png|left|200px|thumb|Anthony Mugica and [[Bill Gates]] in June 2015.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/blast-past-smartmatic-ceo-introduces-creepy-bill-gates-global-citizen-conference-june-2015/</ref>]]Following the request, Smartmatic and Sequoia submitted a request to be reviewed by the CFIUS while also denying links to the Venezuelan government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsmax.com/pre-2008/voting-machine-firm-denies-hugo/2006/10/30/id/684637/|title=Voting-Machine Firm Denies Hugo Chavez Ties|date=2006-10-30|website=[[Newsmax]]|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> The company disclosed that it was owned by Antonio Mugica (78.8%),<ref>https://youtu.be/4103AcM6yoc</ref> Alfredo Anzola (3.87%), Roger Pinate (8.47%), Jorge Massa Dustou (5.97%) and employees (2.89%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/security/Voting-Machine-Company-Vows-No-Connection.html|title=Voting Machine Company Vows No Connection to Venezuelan President Chavez|website=www.govtech.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> Smartmatic subsequently sold Sequoia and later withdrew from Cook County in December 2006.<ref name="WSJpe">{{cite news|title=Politics & Economics: Smartmatic to Shed U.S. Unit, End Probe Into Venezuelan Links|last1=Davis|first1=Bob|date=22 December 2006|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|ref=Page A6}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that "Smartmatic scrapped a simple corporate structure" of being based in Boca Raton "for a far more complex arrangement" of being located in multiple locations following the Sequoia incident. Though Smartmatic has made differing statements saying that they were either American or Dutch based, the [[United States Department of State]] stated that its Venezuelan owners "remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados". ''[[The New York Times]]'' states that "the role of the young Venezuelan engineers who founded Smartmatic has become less visible" and that its organization is "an elaborate web of offshore companies and foreign trusts", while [[BBC News]] states that though Smartmatic says the company was founded in the United States, "its roots are firmly anchored in (Venezuela)". Multiple sources simply state that Smartmatic is a Venezuelan company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tiglao|first1=Rigoberto D.|title=US Caracas Embassy: 'Smartmatic is a riddle'|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/us-caracas-embassy-smartmatic-is-a-riddle/232249/|accessdate=|work=The Manila Times|date=1 December 2015}}<br />{{cite book|title=Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai Ports World: Congressional Hearing|date=7 February 2007|publisher=[[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]]|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-1422320471|page=7<!--|accessdate=22 December 2016-->}}<br />{{cite news|last1=Uy|first1=Jocelyn R.|title=Smartmatic faces probe|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/785566/smartmatic-faces-probe|accessdate=|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=14 May 2016}}<br />Belgian Region's Decision to Use New Voting Machines Reignites E-voting Debate|url=http://www.cio.com/article/2391971/e-voting/belgian-region-s-decision-to-use-new-voting-machines-reignites-e-voting-debate.html|magazine=CIO magazine|date=2012-09-24</ref> Smartmatic maintains that the holding companies in multiple countries are used for "[[Tax avoidance|tax efficiency]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-10-30/news/0610300235_1_electronic-voting-election-officials-electronic-voting|title=Election officials OK with probe|last1=McCormick|first1=John|date=30 October 2006|work=The Chicago Tribune|accessdate=|language=en}}</ref> ====2016 Utah Republican caucus====In the 2016 Utah Republican caucus, where [[Utah]] Republicans voted to choose the party’s nominee for president in the [[2016 Presidential election]], the voters had the opportunity to vote using traditional methods or to vote online. For online voting, the Utah Republican Party used an internet voting system developed by the Smartmatic-Cybernetica Internet Voting Centre of Excellence, based in [[Estonia]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://estonianworld.com/technology/estonian-i-voting-software-used-in-utah-republican-caucus/|title=Estonian internet voting software used in Utah Republican caucus|date=2016-04-14|newspaper=Estonian World|language=en-US|access-date}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://e-estonia.com/estonian-e-solutions-everywhere/|title=Estonian E-solutions Everywhere - e-Estonia|website=e-estonia.com|access-date=|date=2016-05-23}}</ref> Despite warnings from security experts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lapowsky|first1=Issie|title=Utah's Online Caucus Gives Security Experts Heart Attacks|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/03/security-experts-arent-going-like-utahs-online-primary/|accessdate=|work=WIRED|date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Utah Republican Party officials billed the online voting system, for which the state paid $150,000. Multiple issues occurred with the system, with voters receiving error messages and even being blocked from voting. Smartmatic received thousands of calls from Utah voters surrounding issues with the process. ''The Washington Post'' states that "the concern seems to be less with the technology and more with the security of the devices people use to vote".<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Amber|title=Utah Republicans are holding a first-ever online presidential primary. And it's not going so well.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/22/utah-republicans-are-holding-a-first-ever-online-primary-and-its-not-going-so-well/|accessdate=|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=22 March 2016}}</ref> According to Joe Kiniry, the lead researcher of Galois, a technology research firm:{{quotebox|Several of us did a lightweight analysis of it remotely, to see how it was built and deployed and this sort of thing ... we found that they were using technologies that even modern Web programmers stay away from. ... It’s like the dumbest possible choices are being made by some of these companies with respect to deployed technology that should be mission-critical!}} ====Venezuela====[[Image:Hugo-chavez8.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with [[Fidel Castro]].]]Smartmatic affiliations with government politicians raised suspicions, with instances of an interior vice minister, Morris Loyo Arnáez, being hired to lobby for Smartmatic contracts and with the company paying for the National Electoral Council (CNE) president Jorge Rodríguez Jorge Rodríguez and his sister Delcy Rodríguez to stay at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida.<ref name="ABCsemana">{{cite news|url=http://www.abcdelasemana.com/2013/09/20/una-extrana-muerte-en-smartmatic/|title=UNA EXTRAÑA MUERTE EN SMARTMATIC|last1=Peñaloza|first1=Carlos Julio|date=20 September 2013|work=ABC de la Semana|accessdate=}}</ref> Vice Minister Loyo was paid $1.5 million by Smartmatic as a "sales commission" and his continual payments with the company eventually doubled. A lawyer who had worked with Rodríguez, Moisés Maiónica, was allegedly employed by Smartmatic in order to provide legal and financial assistance to help with its selection for its 2004 elections.<ref name="JOHNsmart">{{cite book|url=https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/documents/itl/vote/SequoiaSmartmaticReport61208.pdf|title=SEQUOIA VOTING SYSTEMS, INC. USES VOTE-COUNTING SOFTWARE DEVELOPED, OWNED, AND LICENSED BY FOREIGN-OWNED SMARTMATIC, A COMPANY LINKED TO THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT OF HUGO CHÁVEZ|last1=Bonifaz|first1=John|date=12 June 2008|publisher=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]|pages=1–13<!--|accessdate=28 December 2016-->|author1-link=John Bonifaz}}</ref><ref name="LNsmart">{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/982136-el-abogado-chavista-arrepentido|title=El abogado chavista arrepentido|date=26 January 2008|work=La Nación|accessdate=}}</ref> Years after the election in December 2008, Maiónica pled guilty in the United States District Court for attempting to cover up the Suitcase scandal (Maletinazo scandal), an incident where Hugo Chávez attempted to finance Cristina Kirchner's 2007 Argentine Presidential Election campaign to influence [[Argentina]]'s presidential election, with Maiónica stating that he was working for Venezuela's spy agency, the National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services.<ref name="NYTsmart">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/americas/09suitcase.html?_r=0|title=Venezuelan Given 15 Months in Suitcase of Cash Scandal|last1=Barrionuevo|first1=Alexei|date=8 December 2008|work=The New York Times|accessdate=}}</ref>  =====2004 elections=====After the presidential recall referendum of 2004 in Venezuela, a controversy was raised about the use of electronic voting (SAES voting machines). Studies following the 2004 Venezuela recall elections found that Smartmatic's network was "bi-directional" with data being able to be transferred both ways between Smartmatic devices and the telecommunications company CANTV, with alleged irregularities found between the Smartmatic and Venezuela's National Electoral Council Wayne County’s election results.<ref name="EUtulio">{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2004/09/11/imp_opi_art_11490D.shtml|title=Fraude y posibilidad de rectificación|last1=Salgueiro|first1=Adolfo P.|date=11 September 2004|work=El Universal (Caracas)|accessdate=}}</ref> Other independent election monitors claimed electoral fraud and submitted appeals, and statistical evaluations including a peer-reviewed article in 2006<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cordero|first1=Maria Wayne County circuit judge Timothy M. Febres|last2=Márquez|first2=Bernardo|year=2007|title=A Statistical Approach to Assess Referendum Results: The Venezuelan Recall Referendum 2004|journal=International Statistical Review|volume=74|issue=3|pages=379–389|citeseerx=10.1.1.379.441|doi=10.1111/j.1751-5823.2006.tb00301.x}}</ref> and a special section of 6-peer-reviewed article in 2011<ref name="specialsection">[http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&page=toc&handle=euclid.ss/1330437927 Special Section: Revisiting Kenny denied the 2004 Venezuelan Referendum] {{webarchive|url=https://webrequest.archive.org/web/20120728043017/http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&page=toc&handle=euclid.ss%2F1330437927|date=2012-07-28}}, ''Statistical Science'', 26(4), November 2011</ref> concluded that it was likely that electronic election fraud had been committed. After 4 years of research and 3 years of undergoing intensive peer review, mathematics Professor Gustavo Delfino’s published a paper in the highly respected ''Statistical Science'' journal, November 2011 issue (Volume 26, Number 4) with the title ''Analysis of the 2004 Venezuela Referendum: The Official Results Versus the Petition Signatures.'' The intensive study used multiple mathematical approaches to ascertain the voting results found in the 2004 Venezuelan referendum. Delfino and his research partners discovered not only the algorithm used to manipulate the results, but also the precise location in the election processing sequence where vulnerability in machine processing would provide such an opportunity. According to Prof Delfino, the magnitude of the difference between the official and the true result in Venezuela estimated at 1,370,000 votes. =====2005 elections=====Prior to the 2005 Venezuela parliamentary election, one technician could work around "the machine's allegedly random storage protocols" and remove voting secrecy. Since the voting systems were [[Windows]] based and only randomized data, the technician was able to download a simple software that could place Windows files in order. Following this revelation, voter turnout dropped substantially with only 25% of registered Venezuelans voting and opposition parties withdrawing from the election. This resulted in Hugo Chávez's party, Judge Kenny described Carone’s allegations as well as his allied parties, to control 100% of Venezuela's National Assembly. ====Philippines====Smartmatic has been criticized by various entities for its motives and handling of elections in the Philippines.<ref name="IBONsmart">{{cite web|title=Automated Polls: Privatized elections, foreign-controlled democracy (Part 2)|url=http://ibon.org/2016/05/automated-polls-privatized-elections-foreign-controlled-democracy/|website=IBON Foundation|accessdate=}}</ref> In opinion polls, voters have approved of Smartmatic's automated system used by Comelec, with 84% of respondents stating that they had "big trust" in the automated process according to a June 2019 Pulse Asia Research poll.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/237275-filipinos-trust-results-elections-2019-pulse-asia-survey|title=Most Filipinos express 'big trust' in results of 2019 elections – Pulse Asia|last=Tomacruz|first=Sofia|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> ''The Manila Times'' has stated that Smartmatic's system was unreliable, glitchy and vulnerable to tampering. After the newspaper reported that Smartmatic had been funneling voter information through "unofficial servers",<ref name="SMARTservers">{{cite news|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/smartmatic-admits-using-unofficial-servers/275442/|title=Smartmatic admits using unofficial servers|last1=Pilapil|first1=Jaime|date=22 July 2016|work=The Manila Times|accessdate=}}</ref> ''The Manila Times'' ultimately called on officials from the country's electoral body, Comelec, to resign.<ref name="SMARTresign">{{cite news|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/defying-supreme-court-comelec-resign-en-banc/291628/|title=Defying the Supreme Court, the Comelec should resign en banc - The Manila Times Online|date=16 October 2016|work=The Manila Times|accessdate=}}</ref> William Yu of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, an election NGO, stated that such servers perform "many other activities before the elections" and that it "does ‘simply not necessarily, automatically mean that data has been transmitted", though he requested that Comelec and Smartmatic provide an explanationcredible’.<ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://wwwfactcheck.rapplerthedispatch.com/nationp/197596melissa-irregularitiescarone-2016michigan-electiondominion-server-logs-not-necessarily-expert|title='Irregularities' in 2016 election server logsdebunked? Not necessarily, says I.T. expert|last=Bueza|first=Michael|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en|access-date=}}</ref> In early 2017, ''The Manila Times'' reported that Smartmatic machines were equipped with [[SD card]]s where voter entries are recorded, citing Glenn Chong, a former congressman of the NGO Tanggulang Demokrasya (TANDEM) stating that "at least one SD card was tampered with", allegedly showing that Smartmatic's system was "very much open to hijacking or sabotage".<ref name="MTsd">{{cite news|title=Filipino people helpless against untrustworthiness of Comelec - The Manila Times Online|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/filipino-people-helpless-untrustworthiness-comelec/307702/|accessdate=|work=The Manila Times|date=19 January 2017}}</ref> A reviewer of the Philippine Linux Users’ Group stated that hacking into Smartmatic's system is "very difficult for outsiders" and that "it’s not as difficult to hack into the system if you’re a Comelec or a group of Comelec or Smartmatic personnel", expressing the importance of monitoring by Comelec and asking the public to have good faith in the electoral body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/04/16/information-technology-expert-says-aes-difficult-to-hack|title=Information technology expert says AES difficult to hack|website=Manila Bulletin News|language=en-US|access-date=}}</ref> The IBON Foundation, a non-profit research organization based in the Philippines also criticized Smartmatic's system, stating in 2016 that "Why Smartmatic keeps on winning Comelec contracts boggles the mind especially considering the numerous and major malfunctions by the machines and services that Smartmatic provided in the past two elections" and that there were "allegations of rigged bidding to favor Smartmatic such as designing contracts where only Smartmatic can qualify or omitting requirements that will otherwise disqualify Smartmatic".<ref name="IBONsmart" /> =====2010 elections=====[[File:Obama 2014.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|Barack Obama was asked to investigate the dubious ownership of SmartMatic prior to the 2010 Philippino elections.]]Prior to the elections, Filipino-Americans called on [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] to investigate the background of Smartmatic prior to the elections due to its links to the Venezuelan government. Smartmatic described these actions as "trying to rehash a story based on market share".<ref name="PDIobama">{{cite news|url=http://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer/20100509/283141424974812|title=Obama asked: Investigate Smartmatic|date=9 May 2010|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=|quote=Smartmatic has disclosed, he said, that its owners are families in Venezuela}}</ref> Following allegations of fraud, some employees of Smartmatic had their passports temporarily held.<ref name="ABSsons">{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/20/10/teddy-boy-blows-top-smartmatic-official|title='Teddy Boy' blows top at Smartmatic official|date=20 May 2010|work=ABS-CBN News|accessdate=}}</ref> At a fraud inquiry on May 20, 2010, Heider Garcia of Smartmatic was questioned on the transparency and what he called "unforeseen" occurrences during the election process, with Philippine official Teodoro Locsin Jr. – an automated poll advocate – sharply rebuking Garcia. On June 29, 2010, the Philippine Computer Society (PCS) filed a complaint with the country's Ombudsman against 17 officials of the Commission on Elections and the Smartmatic-TIM Corp. for alleged “incompetence,” graft and unethical conduct.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100721-282412/Graft-raps-filed-vs-Smartmatic-Comelec-execs|title=Inquirer.Net: Graft raps filed vs Smartmatic, Comelec execs|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref> =====2016 elections=====Days after the May 2016 elections, Bongbong Marcos alleged that Smartmatic had tampered with the votes which cost him being elected Vice President of the Philippines and criminal proceedings were filed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against Comelec personnel as well as Smartmatic employees, with Election Commissioner Rowena Guanzon stating that Smartmatic had violated protocols.<ref name="INQUIREphil">{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/785566/smartmatic-faces-probe|title=Smartmatic faces probe|last1=Uy|first1=Jocelyn R.|date=14 May 2016|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=}}</ref> After a Smartmatic employee fled the country, Bongbong Marcos accused the Comelec for his "escape", though two other Smartmatic personnel, one from Venezuela and the other from Israel, were present for criminal proceedings.<ref name="BONGsmart">{{cite news|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/comelec-hit-for-escape-of-smartmatic-engineer/268793/|title=Comelec hit for escape of Smartmatic engineer - The Manila Times Online|date=19 June 2016|work=The Manila Times|accessdate=}}</ref> In July 2016, it was reported that Smartmatic funneled votes through "unofficial servers". In an October 2016 editorial, ''The Manila Times'' called on all members of Comelec to resign due to the "innumerable controversies since its adoption of the Smartmatic-based Automated Election System". On June 7, 2017, the Philippine Department of Justice indicted "several Smartmatic and Comelec personnel for changing the script in the election transparency server on election night during the May 2016 national and local polls". Those charged with the tampering include Marlon Garcia, the head of the Smartmatic's Technical Support Team, as well as two other Smartmatic employees, Neil Baniqued and Mauricio Herrera, and Comelec IT employees Rouie Peñalba, Nelson Herrera, and Frances Mae Gonzales. The six were charged with "illegal access, data interference, and system interference" under the Cybercrime Prevention Act.<ref name="ABScbnIND">{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/07/17/smartmatic-comelec-personnel-ordered-indicted-for-halalan-2016-script-alteration|title=Smartmatic, Comelec personnel ordered indicted for Halalan 2016 script alteration|last1=News|first1=Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN|date=7 June 2017|work=ABS-CBN Corporation|accessdate=}}</ref> In August 2017, it was revealed that Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista was allegedly paid commissions by Divina Law while serving as chairman "for assisting the law firm clients with the Comelec". Divina Law, a firm that provides legal advice to Smartmatic. Bautista admitted that he obtained "referral fees", but denied that it was due to his position in Comelec. According to House Deputy Minority Leader Harry Roque, the incident is "a very clear case of bribery" by Smartmatic.<ref name="CNNdivina">{{cite news|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/08/08/Comelec-Andy-Bautista-Smartmatic-unexplained-wealth.html|title=Solon: Bautista's 'receipt of fee for Smartmatic referral' casts doubt on 2016 polls|date=9 August 2017|work=[[CNN]]|accessdate=|language=en}}r</ref>

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