Dominion Voting Systems — the voting machine behemoth that President Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election — has been sold to a Missouri-based company run by a former Republican election official, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.
Zoom in: Liberty Vote purchased Canada-based Dominion for an undisclosed sum, according to a person familiar with the transaction. • Liberty is owned by Scott Leiendecker, who in 2011 created a software program focused on enabling election workers to verify voters and check them in at polling locations. • According to Leiendecker's LinkedIn page, his company (which has been called KNOWiNK but is changing its name to Lib