Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official
Dominion Voting Systems -- the voting machine company at the center of false 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories -- has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former Republican election official, according to a person familiar with the sale.
John Poulos, the former Dominion CEO, confirmed the sale in a statement.
"Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion Voting Systems," Poulos said.
Voting systems made by Dominion, one of the most-used voting machine companies in the U.S., were used in 27 states in during the 2024 election.
In a statement, Liberty Vote said it is founded and run by Scott Leiendecker, whose LinkedIn profile says he served as the election director for the city of St. Louis until 2012. News articles from the time indicate he was a Republican.
In 2011, Leiendecker created a polling equipment company, KNOWiNK, using a technology his LinkedIn page says "has transformed the election experience for voters."
The price of the sale was not immediately made public, and the website for Dominion now redirects to the website for Liberty Vote.
Dominion in 2023 settled a defamation lawsuit against Fox News for $787 million after the company accused Fox of knowingly pushing false conspiracy theories that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.
In recent weeks Dominion also settled defamation suits with former Trump-associated attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, though the amounts were not disclosed.
In a statement, Liberty Vote called its purchase of Dominion "a bold and historic move to transform and improve election integrity in America."
"As of today, Dominion is gone," the statement said.
