“I am writing regarding possible investments by the Venezuelan government in Smartmatic, a voting machine company with business in the United States and its acquisition of Sequoia, a U.S.-based voting machine company.”
https://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/financial/acquisitions/20060504ElectionsCFIUS.pdf

“As you can imagine, having a foreign government investing in or owning a company that supplies voting machines for U.S. elections could raise concerns over the integrity of elections conducted with these machines.”
-May 4, 2006-

“Smartmatic, the voting machine firm with ties to the Venezuelan government, today announced that it is divesting ownership of the voting machine company Sequoia Voting Systems.” https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/smartmatic-announces-sale-sequoia-voting-systems

“Smartmatic decided to sell Sequoia rather than complete an investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the government entity charged with ensuring the safety of foreign investment in the U.S.”
-November 8, 2007-