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Smartmatic, Sequoia, Dominion: Voting System Transactions & Investigations Timeline

- Smartmatic initially acquired Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005 but then sold it in 2006 to former Smartmatic executives amid a federal investigation into foreign ownership of U.S. election systems. Despite the sale, a 2008 investigation found that Sequoia still relied on software owned and licensed by Smartmatic. - Dominion Voting Systems later acquired both Sequoia and Diebold/Premier Election Systems in 2010, along with their intellectual property and election management systems. This led several companies involved in U.S. election systems to be connected through mergers and acquisitions over time. - Sequoia ultimately declared bankruptcy in 2014, calling into question whether their systems were still suitable for use, as

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Smartmatic, Sequoia, Dominion: Voting System Transactions & Investigations Timeline

- Smartmatic initially acquired Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005 but then sold it in 2006 to former Smartmatic executives amid a federal investigation into foreign ownership of U.S. election systems. Despite the sale, a 2008 investigation found that Sequoia still relied on software owned and licensed by Smartmatic. - Dominion Voting Systems later acquired both Sequoia and Diebold/Premier Election Systems in 2010, along with their intellectual property and election management systems. This led several companies involved in U.S. election systems to be connected through mergers and acquisitions over time. - Sequoia ultimately declared bankruptcy in 2014, calling into question whether their systems were still suitable for use, as

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--2005 Smartmatic buys Sequoia

http://www.smartmatic.com/case-studies/article/united-states-elections/ - http:/
/archive.is/nfViu

--2006 Smartmatic comes under investigation from the CFIUS (Community of Foreign
Investments)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/washington/29ballot.html - http://archive.is/3
ioG
https://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/financial/acqu
isitions/20061130CFIUSSmartmatic.pdf

--2006 Smartmatic sells Sequoia to "SVS Holdings" (former Smartmatic Executives)


and withdrawls from CFIUS (Commity of Foreign Investments) investigation
https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/smartmatic-announces-it-wi
ll-sell-sequoia-voting-systems-withdraw-cfius-review - http://archive.is/Qt9Zd

--After dismissing the initial investigation


https://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/financial/acqu
isitions/20060511SmartmaticRls.pdf

--2008 National Institute of Science and Technology finds Sequoia still uses vot
e-counting software developed, owned and licensed by Smartmatic
https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/documents/itl/vote/SequoiaSmartmaticRep
ort61208.pdf

--2008 Seqouia CEO/President admits that they dont have control of Intellectual
Property, but Smartmatic still does
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5927 - http://archive.is/LAiPD

--2010 Dominion (Canadian company) buys Sequoia


https://www.denvergov.org/sirepub/cache/2/1vfdfhmzubui20mbosqxzivi/5185110232016
07582375.PDF
http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/90265:on-heels-of-dieboldpremierpurchase-canadian-firm-also-acquires-sequoia-lies-about-chavezties-in-announceme
nt - http://archive.is/4yURE

--2010 Dominion buys Premier Election Solutions/Diebold Election Systems, intell

ectual Property and GEMS election management system from ES&S


http://www.enhancedonlinenews.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view
&newsId=20100520005593&newsLang=en&permalinkExtra= - http://archive.is/yoEMS
http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/DominionAcquiresPremierReleaseFinal4_051910.pdf

--Premier Election Systems IS Diebold Election Systems


http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diebold-election-systems-to-become-premi
er-election-solutions-58271377.html - http://archive.is/el5A
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4962 - http://archive.is/4J8h9

--ES&S was being invstigated by the DoJ for anti-trust laws


http://www.floridavoters.org/downloads/DoJ%20docs%20-%202010-03-08.pdf
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7733 - http://archive.is/8Cu12

-Seqouia Files for Bankruptcy in 2014 (should they even be usable?)


https://businessbankruptcies.com/cases/sequoia-voting-systems-inc - http://archi
ve.is/QU23a
Linked systems:
Smartmatic
Sequoia
Dominion
Diebold
Premier
ES&S
--------------------------------------------------------2008 Hart Intercivic has fraud/false claims complaint filed by ex-employee
http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/Singer_v_HartInterCivic_OriginalComplaint.pdf

-2008 Hart Intercivic attempts 'hostile takover' of Seqouia


http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5915 - http://archive.is/8jqpP

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