Dominion Voting Systems has now reportedly been acquired by Scott Leiendecker, a longtime Republican election reform advocate and founder of Liberty Vote, in a deal that marks a significant turning point for one of the most controversial companies in American politics.
The purchase, finalized this week, includes a provision to drop Dominion’s remaining defamation lawsuits against several prominent conservatives and media organizations.
Leiendecker, now the sole owner of Dominion, confirmed that the company’s ongoing legal actions against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell will be dropped as part of the acquisition.
Dominion’s unresolved lawsuit against Herring Networks, the parent company of One America News Network (OANN), will also be discontinued.
Leiendecker said his goal is to restore confidence in America’s voting systems while moving Dominion in a new direction — one focused on transparency, security, and accountability. “Every legacy system is under review,” he said. “Liberty Vote will be 100 percent American-owned, American-built and independently audited. We won’t ask for trust — we’ll earn it and prove it.”
The acquisition makes Dominion a fully American-owned company for the first time in its history. Under Leiendecker’s leadership, the firm will operate under the Liberty Vote brand and relocate all operations to the United States.
According to a company statement, the restructured business will focus on paper-based election systems and third-party auditing standards to strengthen public confidence in voting accuracy.
“Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up,” Leiendecker said in a press release. “Liberty Vote is committed to delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security, and simplicity so that voters can be assured that every ballot is filled in accurately and fairly counted.”
As part of its reform efforts, Liberty Vote plans to prioritize hand-marked paper ballots, which Leiendecker said will improve both election security and compliance with federal standards. The company’s new direction aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Preserving And Protecting The Integrity Of American Elections,” aimed at safeguarding the U.S. electoral process.
The move represents a dramatic shift for Dominion, which has spent much of the last four years embroiled in litigation stemming from the 2020 presidential election.
The company had filed billion-dollar defamation suits against several figures in Trump’s orbit, including Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell, for alleging Dominion software helped rig the election in favor of Joe Biden. Dominion had sought $1.3 billion in damages from each of the three.
Dominion also filed lawsuits against several media companies. Newsmax reached a $67 million settlement with the firm in August, following earlier settlements including Fox News’s landmark $787.5 million payment in 2023.
Leiendecker’s acquisition closes a tumultuous chapter in Dominion’s history and opens what he describes as a period of reform and renewal. By dropping the politically charged lawsuits and rebranding the company as a transparent, American-built operation, he aims to steer Dominion — now Liberty Vote — toward restoring faith in the nation’s elections.
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