Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Voting Machines-Fiction!

Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Voting Machines-Fiction!

Summary of the eRumor:
Twitter tweets and forwarded emails alleging that Tagg Romney, the son of Governor Mitt Romey, has invested in Ohio electronic voting machines to help his father win the election.

The Truth:
This is fiction according to an October 23, 2012 article in the Weekly Standard that said, "several left-wing news outlets are reporting on a financial relationship between one of Mitt Romney's sons and a voting machine company --with some even implying that the relationship could lead to tampering with votes on Election Day to benefit the Republican. The only problem? There doesn't seem to be any evidence of any financial relationship between Romney's son, Tagg, and the company."

The article said that Tagg Romney runs an investment fund called Solamere Capital, which is a "financial partner with HIG Capital, a private equity firm that manages a whole range of investments. HIG also invests in Hart Intercivic, a polling machine company that operates machines at polling places in Hamilton County, Ohio. But Solamere does not have any financial interest in Hart."

updated 10/25/12

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines

If the Romney's can't win legally, they'll take over Ohio's electronic voting machines through investments, a direct conflict of interest in a contentious state in this election. The new owners of Ohio's voting machines under the brand name HART Intercivic is none other than Tagg Romney the son of one of the candidates Mitt Romney. In recent weeks Tagg has taken a more 'active role in his father's campaign management' but when you look further, he also has a major problem with that role. By virtue of conflict of interest alone, this role should be investigated by the DOJ preferably involving the addition of the FBI, Homeland Security and the CIA to ensure this connection will not endanger the vote in Ohio and other states.