Bias in new vote-counting system? Obama donor’s company funds controversial election firm

Klein Online ^ | January 18, 2012 | Aaron Klein

[tutstar]

A top director at a venture capital firm that finances a controversial new online voting system donated to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and also contributed the maximum allowable to Obama’s inauguration, KleinOnline has learned.

The internationally-headquartered company, SCYTL, has previously faced questions about the security of its electronic voting technologies, which are now set to be deployed in 900 U.S. jurisdictions.

The firm already provides balloting for overseas U.S. military and civilian voting in nine states plus elections technologies in several districts.

Concerns have also been raised about SCYTL’s ties to the Spanish government and to international venture capital firms.

The Drudge Report yesterday ran a feature entitled, “Foreign company buys U.S. election results reporting firm.” The article documented that SCYTL, based in Barcelona, acquired 100% of SOE Software, the leading software provider of election management solutions in the United States.

The official press release announcing the acquisition noted that SCYTL is a portfolio company of leading international venture capital funds Nauta Capital, Balderton Capital and Spinnaker.

Spinnaker Capital manages $5 billion in two funds specializing in emerging markets investments.

[tutstar]

Not good. As reported in the article, their systems have been hacked. Got election fraud anyone?

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[tutstar]

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[tutstar]

gnip

[tutstar]

ping

[arasina]

“The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” -Joseph Stalin-

[rockinqsranch]

bflr

Another thread earlier in the week on this topic of SCYTL caused me to look for some information to understand who these guys were, and what I found in my BRIEF search was that the guy who is credited with being the lead founder of the company is dead at 36 years of age since March of 2006, and that he had one name only, and that was Dr. Riera. I read about the company, and all seemed but a bunch of hype to me.

This really smells. I’ll be back as I stated above to read the entire article when I have more time. Offline now.

[rockinqsranch]

OOOPS! I forgot....I did a search for Dr. Riera, but found NOTHING. At the SCYTL site it gives some points about his education in Barcelona, Spain, and some hype about him as some kind of brain, but that’s about it.

NOW offline. Be back later to read more. This is interesting.

[tutstar]

Thanks for posting that!

[tutstar]

More info than the previous thread this week.

[opentalk]

Michael Savage talked about his investigation of the company owners or management and found connections with Goldman Sachs, University of Chicago . Also mentioned Hillary giving this company money for ME elections.

[tutstar]

Project Vote noted that in 2008, the Florida Department of State commissioned a review of SCYTL’s remote voting software and concluded, in part, that:

. The system is vulnerable to attack from insiders.

· In a worst case scenario, the software could lead to (1) voters being unable to cast votes; (2) an election that does not accurately reflect the will of the voters; and (3) possible disclosure of confidential information, such as the votes cast by individual voters.

· The system may be subject to attacks that could compromise the integrity of the votes cast.

[tutstar]

Hi

I listen to him regularly and I did hear that. I sometimes record it on my phone. If I get time I’ll check to see if I can add more info.

I do remember Savage saying Goldman Sachs was connected as well.

[ChowChowFace]

bfl

[PIF]

The scariest thing about this is the people in Spain get to see the results first, and then, once they are satisfied, allow each State to see them ...

[opentalk]

Had the show on while doing other things, don't remember the details.

link to Scytl site

About sytl management team

CEO Pere Valles

...Mr. Valles joined Scytl in March 2004 after spending most of his professional career in the United States. Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Valles was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of GlobalNet, a NASDAQ publicly-traded telecommunications company headquartered in Chicago. Mr. Valles assisted GlobalNet in becoming one of the leading providers of Voice-over-IP in the world and was instrumental in the successful sale of the company to the Titan Corporation, a NYSE defense company.

Investors: Nauta Capital, Balderton Capital and Spinnaker SCR

[Just A Reader]

“The firm already provides balloting for overseas U.S. military and civilian voting in nine states plus elections technologies in several districts.”

This part is very troubling too.

[tutstar]

Also meant to say that Aaron will usually discuss the week’s articles on his show Sunday evening.

[TLI]

a controversial new on-line voting system donated to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign

Hey, nothing like a President that owns his own voting software eh?

And folks might have thought my previous estimation was a bit of a stretch...

"here is something compiled directly from proclamations he has ALREADY made, with only minor substitutions inserted..."

"I will not sit by while an uninformed electorate of voters puts party ideology ahead of the historically disenfranchised minorities. They have a reparational duty of recompensation towards the historically disenfranchised minorities as well as tax paying undocumented citizens. Such discrimination can no longer be tolerated at this make-or-break November moment for middle-class Americans.

Therefore I am voiding the election results and call for a bipartisan super committee to study new and progressive methods of electing governing officials. This process should be complete in time for the mid-term elections unless the super committee recommends other action or requests further study."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2832912/posts?page=42#42

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[opentalk]

Additional link,

wnd

...In October, it was announced that Paul Stenbjorn, the executive director of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, resigned from his position to take a job at SCYTL as director of U.S. operations.

..as working for the D.C. elections and ethics board he was directly involved in testing a SCYTL system that had been deployed in the district to provide voting technologies during the November 2010 midterm elections.

[LucyT]

A top director at a venture capital firm that finances a controversial new online voting system donated to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and also contributed the maximum allowable to Obama’s inauguration..."

The Drudge Report yesterday ran a feature entitled, “Foreign company buys U.S. election results reporting firm.” The article documented that SCYTL, based in Barcelona, acquired 100% of SOE Software, the leading software provider of election management solutions in the United States.

. . . . Check out article.

Thanks tutstar; wonder if there were additional donations via phony credit cards, and/or deposits into into off-shore bank accounts as reported happening prior to the last p_rez election?