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Former election official: Romney's stake in Voting machines ‘doesn’t look good’
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/22/jennifer-brunner-tagg-romneys-stake-in-voting-machine-company-doesnt-look-good/
A financial interest held by Mitt Romney’s son in a voting machine company whose systems are being used in Ohio threatens public confidence in the election’s integrity, according to Jennifer Brunner, the state’s former top elections official.
“It doesn’t look good for a presidential candidate’s son to be an investor in a voting machine company,” Brunner told MSNBC.com. “That has to do with public trust in the process.”
Hart Intercivic supplies voting machines that will be used in Hamilton County, Ohio, one of the state’s most populous counties. In 2008, Barack Obama won the county with 209,000 votes—his third highest vote total among all Ohio’s 88 counties.
H.I.G. Capital, a large investment fund, is a “significant investor” in Hart Intercivic, according to an announcement put out last year by Hart. And H.I.G., in turn, is owned in part by Solamere Capital, the investment fund founded and run by Tagg Romney (pictured), Mitt’s eldest son, The Nation recently reported.
Mitt Romney seeded the firm with a $10 million investment, offered strategic advice, and was the featured speaker at its first investor conference in 2010, The Nation reported.
Brunner, a Democrat, served as Ohio’s Secretary of state from 2007 until 2011. In 2007, a test conducted by her office found voting systems run by Hart Intercivic and four other companies had critical flaws that could allow them to be corrupted.
A report Saturday on Forbes.com raised concerns about that history, given Hart Intercivic’s ties to Solamere. It also noted that two Hart directors have made contributions to the Romney campaign.
Brunner, however, told MSNBC.com that the threat of a deliberate, politically motivated effort to corrupt the system’s results is very low. “Because we did the study, we were able to put into place a very comprehensive set of procedures to ensure that everything works as it should,” she said, adding that the software is now kept in a “secure location without any kind of random access.”
Nonetheless, Brunner said, for a close family member of a presidential candidate to have a stake in a company charged with administering election results in a key swing state raises at least the appearance of a conflict.
“I think you’d be right to call out Romney and his son for having a financial interest in this company,” she said. “It doesn’t look good.”
A financial interest held by Mitt Romney’s son in a voting machine company whose systems are being used in Ohio threatens public confidence in the election’s integrity, according to Jennifer Brunner, the state’s former top elections official.
“It doesn’t look good for a presidential candidate’s son to be an investor in a voting machine company,” Brunner told MSNBC.com. “That has to do with public trust in the process.”
Hart Intercivic supplies voting machines that will be used in Hamilton County, Ohio, one of the state’s most populous counties. In 2008, Barack Obama won the county with 209,000 votes—his third highest vote total among all Ohio’s 88 counties.
H.I.G. Capital, a large investment fund, is a “significant investor” in Hart Intercivic, according to an announcement put out last year by Hart. And H.I.G., in turn, is owned in part by Solamere Capital, the investment fund founded and run by Tagg Romney (pictured), Mitt’s eldest son, The Nation recently reported.
Mitt Romney seeded the firm with a $10 million investment, offered strategic advice, and was the featured speaker at its first investor conference in 2010, The Nation reported.
Brunner, a Democrat, served as Ohio’s Secretary of state from 2007 until 2011. In 2007, a test conducted by her office found voting systems run by Hart Intercivic and four other companies had critical flaws that could allow them to be corrupted.
A report Saturday on Forbes.com raised concerns about that history, given Hart Intercivic’s ties to Solamere. It also noted that two Hart directors have made contributions to the Romney campaign.
Brunner, however, told MSNBC.com that the threat of a deliberate, politically motivated effort to corrupt the system’s results is very low. “Because we did the study, we were able to put into place a very comprehensive set of procedures to ensure that everything works as it should,” she said, adding that the software is now kept in a “secure location without any kind of random access.”
Nonetheless, Brunner said, for a close family member of a presidential candidate to have a stake in a company charged with administering election results in a key swing state raises at least the appearance of a conflict.
“I think you’d be right to call out Romney and his son for having a financial interest in this company,” she said. “It doesn’t look good.”
I honestly think that this is the end of times, people. This is it. MSNBC said so....
Now they aren't even saying Romney owns the things, but his kid does. They've dumbed it down that far?
End of times people....
Now they aren't even saying Romney owns the things, but his kid does. They've dumbed it down that far?
End of times people....
A financial interest held by Mitt Romney’s son in a voting machine company whose systems are being used in Ohio threatens public confidence in the election’s integrity, according to Jennifer Brunner, the state’s former top elections official.
Yep, I totally agree!
Yep, I totally agree!
However, she did also say: "Brunner, however, told MSNBC.com that the threat of a deliberate, politically motivated effort to corrupt the system’s results is very low. “Because we did the study, we were able to put into place a very comprehensive set of procedures to ensure that everything works as it should,” she said, adding that the software is now kept in a “secure location without any kind of random access.”
Uh oh..it's hit msnbc......
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