<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: courier; color: rgb(55, 66, 74); ">Subject: Voting machines tied to the Romneys could decide the election in Ohio</p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Dear Friend,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">If this year's presidential election comes down to the electoral votes in Ohio,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><b> the deciding votes could be cast on electronic voting machines manufactured by a company - Hart Intercivic - with deep financial ties to the Romney family.<br></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Hart Intercivic is majority owned by H.I.G. Capital which controls two of the five seats on the Hart Intercivic board. An investment fund with deep ties to the Romney family and the Mitt Romney for president campaign, H.I.G. Capital was founded by Tony Tamer, a major bundler for the Romney campaign, and it is one of the largest partners of Solamere Capital, an investment fund founded by Tagg Romney and Spencer Zwick, Mitt Romney's chief fundraiser from the 2008 presidential campaign.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><b> This makes the Romney family part owner of the voting machine company, through it's interest in H.I.G. Capital.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><b>A 2007 study conducted by Ohio's Secretary of State showed that Hart Intercivic's touch screen voting machines could be easily corrupted.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I just signed a petition telling the Department of Justice to not let Republicans steal the election in Ohio with Romney-owned voting machines. Click on the link below to find out more and sign the petition.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/hart_romney/?r_by=-1955770-5kiXowx&rc=paste1" style="color: rgb(35, 90, 183); text-decoration: none; ">http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/hart_romney/?r_by=-1955770-5kiXowx&rc=paste1</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(55, 66, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> </span></body></html>