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Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company falsely accused of rigging the 2020 presidential race, has been sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote, according to a press release issued Friday.
Scott Leiendecker, a Missouri-based election technology entrepreneur and former Republican elections director for the St. Louis City Board of Elections, purchased Dominion this week for an undisclosed amount.
“As of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control,” the statement reads. Dominion’s longtime CEO and founder, John Poulos, confirmed the sale in a brief statement to CNN, saying, “Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion Voting Systems.”
Leiendecker said the rebrand is intended to “restore public confidence” in U.S. elections and ensure the company operates in a bipartisan manner. Liberty Vote’s technology was used by voters in 27 states during the 2024 election cycle.
The new owner outlined four goals for the company, centered around paper-based transparency, election audits, and domestic ownership. “Liberty Vote is committed to delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security, and simplicity,” Leiendecker said.
The company’s release said Liberty Vote will be “100% American owned,” with all software development and staffing based in the United States, though it will maintain some presence in Canada. Dominion was originally founded in Toronto and headquartered in Denver and Dallas.
The announcement aligns with President Donald Trump’s ongoing push to overhaul the U.S. voting system by mandating paper ballots, voter ID, and tighter controls on mail-in voting — policies Trump has vowed to implement through executive orders, despite limited authority to change election law unilaterally.
The Liberty Vote press release also references “compliance with President Trump’s executive order” on election integrity, parts of which have been blocked by a federal judge. Election experts have warned the order likely exceeds presidential powers.
Election industry experts said the sale raises immediate questions for states that currently use Dominion machines. “This announcement raises a lot of questions, questions that I’m sure a lot of states with current Dominion contracts are going to want answers to,” said David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research.
Becker noted that Leiendecker’s other company, KNOWiNK, is a well-known vendor of electronic poll books used in red and blue jurisdictions alike.
Liberty Vote’s messaging has drawn attention for its use of language popular among pro-Trump ‘election integrity’ activists, such as “hand-marked paper ballots” and third-party audits — both rallying points for Trump allies since 2020.
Dominion’s sale marks the end of a tumultuous chapter for the company, which became a political flashpoint after Trump and his supporters falsely accused it of manipulating votes in the 2020 election. The conspiracy theory, later debunked, fueled a series of high-profile defamation lawsuits that reshaped the media landscape.
Fox News paid Dominion $787 million in 2023 to settle one of the largest defamation cases in U.S. history. Newsmax settled for $67 million in 2024, and Dominion has since resolved claims with One America News, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell. Lawsuits against Mike Lindell and Patrick Byrne remain pending.
Before the acquisition, Dominion’s largest investor was Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm that purchased the company in 2018 for about $80 million. Court filings showed Staple Street valued Dominion at $225 million before the 2020 election.
