When a marked paper ballot is inserted, the tabulator screen display messages indicating whether the ballot has been successfully input. ES&S said McCarthy Groups bylaws prevented it from revealing other individual investors, but it affirmed that they are all U.S. citizens or trusts or corporations owned by Americans. Fox News' defense in $1.6 billion lawsuit invokes debunked election "[117] Looking for connections to the Venezuelan dictator who died in 2013, lawyers for Fox in court filings have asked Dominion to turn over any internal communications going back over a decade that include any of the words "Hugo", "Chavez", "tampered", "backdoor", "stolen", or "Trump". Both of these claimsarefalse. Further, Fox's attorneys say many of the claims under dispute were true, or largely true. In the new filings, Fox's lawyers are seeking to offer its own context for what played out on the network's shows. [38][39][40], Ontario was the first Canadian province to use Dominion's tabulator machines in select municipalities in the 2006 municipal elections. election amid vote-counting problems", Thirty-Eighth General Election September 22, 2014, "Elections NB to blame for delayed results, tabulator company says", "Ontario's experiment with vote-counting machines could change elections to come", "Elections Ontario has 'utmost confidence' in new vote-counting machines but also has backup plan", "Bandwidth glitch delays Sudbury's municipal election", "Voting times extended in several Ontario municipalities due to online voting glitches", "Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers' Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows", "US election 2020: Is Trump right about Dominion machines? [7][9] On November 12, 2020, CISA released a statement that confirmed "there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised". [104][105] Dominion also pointed out that Murdoch's other media outlets The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post condemned the conspiracy theory, and urged Trump to concede, which the court held supported "a reasonable inference that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch either knew Dominion had not manipulated the election or at least recklessly disregarded the truth", and therefore should be subject to factual discovery. "Mette ved hvad hun vil nr hun udpeger Sren Pind til at lede ", Fox's Jeanine Pirro is back in the hot seat in $1.6 billion election defamation case, anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum pushed McDaniel repeatedly, part of a lawsuit filed by the attorney and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Lin Wood, to have his mental fitness evaluated as it weighed a complaint seeking to strip him of his license to practice law. ES&S had just acquired Premier from Diebold and was required to sell off Premier by the United States Department of Justice over anti-trust concerns. It uses light pressure switches and may be equipped with a pneumatic switch, commonly known as "sip-n-puff", or a set of paddles. [2] It develops software in offices in the United States, Canada, and Serbia. Those claims were debunked by Maricopa County officials even before Election Day: "Even if there is bleed through it won't impact counting because our upgraded ballots have off-centered columns and our new tabulators only read the ovals," the county elections department tweeted on Oct. 26, 2020, for example. Fox and Dominion did not comment for this story. Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, was recently sued by Dominion Voting Systems for statements he made accusing the voting machine manufacturer of switching votes to President Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Just off a bustling interstate near the border between Nebraska and Iowa, a 2,800-square-foot American flag flies over the squat office park that is home to Election Systems & Software LLC. [1] This equipment includes the DVS ImageCast Evolution (ICE), ImageCast X (ICX), and ImageCast Central (ICC). Company - Private. Filing 2 NOTICE of Filing Exhibits by DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, INC., US DOMINION, INC. re #1 Complaint, (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 3, #3 Exhibit 9, #4 Exhibit 10, #5 Exhibit 11, #6 Exhibit 12, #7 Exhibit 13, #8 Exhibit 14, #9 Exhibit 15, #10 Exhibit 16, #11 Exhibit 17, #12 Exhibit 18, . [32], DVS voting machines operate using a suite of proprietary software applications, including Election Management System, Adjudication Client, and Mobile Ballot Printing. Election technology company Dominion sues Giuliani for $1.3 billion over 'Big Lie' about election fraud. So WHY Not? - townhall.com The network's lawyers write, as they have before, that Fox was merely relaying inherently newsworthy claims by Trump and his surrogates. The discredited allegations that helped shape the climate in which the Fox hosts spoke included, among other claims, one echoed by Trump, his campaign and his lawyers: that the use of Sharpie markers in Arizona had invalidated the votes of Trump voters because the ink often bled through the ballots. GOP demand for probe of Colorado's Dominion voting system part of In that case Fox settled the case before Hannity could be deposed. The Fox News data authority says the numbers are ironclad. Dominion Voting wins key decision in lawsuit against Fox News Will Dominion Own MyPillow If It Wins Defamation Lawsuit? That context includes assertions that have long since been debunked and rebutted in dozens of court challenges and by local and state election officials from both parties. After the polls close, results from the encrypted memory cards of each ICE tabulator can be transferred and uploaded to the central system to tally and report the results. Ben Popken is a senior business reporter for NBC News. [83] These included "hiring private investigators and pursuing Powell across state lines", and while evading being served, she "refused to respond to requests" offering waivers that could have given her more time to react to the complaint. Unfortunately, the lies have continued." The investigative journalist found an odd link as a group linked directly to Soros also works in that building. It ran on the shows hosted by Dobbs, Bartiromo and Pirro. Facing a defamation lawsuit, conservative television outlet Newsmax on Friday apologized to Dominion Voting Systems security director Eric Coomer . The government delegated to them the most important governmental function, mainly counting votes in a presidential election. [15][16] After Dominion filed its lawsuit against Powell, One America News Network (OANN) removed all references to Dominion and Smartmatic from its website, though without issuing public retractions. In total, 28states used Dominion voting machines to tabulate their votes during the 2020 United States presidential election, including most of the swing states. [115] According to Kushner, he spoke to Rupert Murdoch on election night 2020 after Fox News reported that the electoral votes for Arizona had been won by Joe Biden. 6,885 Followers. [31], ImageCast X is described as an accessible ballot-marking device that allows a voter to use various methods to input their choices. Dominion products have been increasingly used in the United States in recent years. Instead, its filings suggest that the Fox stars relaying them on the air reflected an appropriate journalistic response to stark claims about the functioning of American democracy, as they involve "questions to a newsmaker on newsworthy subjects" or they "accurately report on pending allegations. Dominion Voting Systems explains on its website here that its CEO is John Poulos, who is also one of the company's founders. The litigation has led to people joking that Dominion will soon own . [108][109] In response to the development, a spokesperson for Fox News stated: "We are confident we will prevail as freedom of the press is foundational to our democracy and must be protected, in addition to the damages claims being outrageous, unsupported and not rooted in sound financial analysis, serving as nothing more than a flagrant attempt to deter our journalists from doing their jobs. Dominion Voting Systems Linked to Soros | Armstrong Economics [20][21], Dominion Voting Systems Corporation was founded in 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by John Poulos and James Hoover. The video also makes another false claimabout Arizona's election integrity, saying that election officials"did not signature verify 1.9 million Maricopa County ballots.". The main claim in the post is FALSE, based on our research. "Sometimes that context is helpful to them. [57], In a related hoax, Dennis Montgomery, a software designer with a history of making dubious claims,[58] asserted that a government supercomputer program was used to switch votes from Trump to Biden on voting machines. So Say Fox's Lawyers, Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says, didn't believe the claims of fraud "for one second. Fox's supplemental filings last week also reproduce the affidavit of an anonymous man said to be a security guard for a Venezuelan president. 488 Following. Many were unraveled in real time during the 2020 election season often by Fox's own reporters. [127], Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, problems with the reporting of tabulator counts, Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, National Association of State Election Directors, National Association of Secretaries of State, Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy, Smartmatic 2020 presidential election and defamation lawsuits, Fox News controversies False claims about the 2020 election. Status. [106] Soon after the court's decision, Fox News, on June 30, 2022, replaced their lead attorney Chip Babcock (a specialist in First Amendment cases) with veteran trial attorney Dan K. Webb. "Fox's journalists and managers were repeatedly told the stories about the voting machine were false, over a period of weeks," Lucy Dalglish, the dean of the University of Maryland Merrill College of Journalism, writes in an email for this story. ", Eddie Perez, board member at the OSET Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan outfit advocating for reliable and transparent election technology, calls the claims about Dominion that were amplified by Fox hosts and peddled by its guests "outlandish. ", "The overall impression you get, when you read the omitted text, is that these people were night after night, day after day, promoting theories that were ridiculous and that had been rejected by the courts," Wienner says. Did the Trump White House Create a Batshit Report on Dominion Voting? First Fight! Then Win! - Townhall In today's election market, Dominion Voting Systems sets itself apart with a commitment to customer service, convenience, and a superior use of . [9], Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani made several false assertions about Dominion, including that its voting machines used software developed by a competitor, Smartmatic, which he claimed actually owned Dominion, and which he said was founded by the former socialist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chvez. Taget herfra. [2] It develops software in offices in the United States, Canada, and Serbia. In mid-December 2020, Perez appeared on Fox as an expert for an awkward segment in which he was interviewed by an off-camera producer to debunk claims made on the network about a second voting technology company called Smartmatic. [117] Fox's recent replacement of its outside legal team with one of the nation's most prominent trial lawyers was seen as "a sign that executives believe that the chances the case is headed to trial have increased". The source of the nations voting machines has become an urgent issue because of real fears that hackers, whether foreign or domestic, might tamper with the mechanics of the voting system. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images [11][12] Smartmatic also demanded a retraction from Newsmax, which had also promoted baseless conspiracy allegations about the company and Dominion, and on December 21 a Newsmax host acknowledged the network had no evidence the companies had a relationship, adding "No evidence has been offered that Dominion or Smartmatic used software or reprogrammed software that manipulated votes in the 2020 election." Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. 5.5.8.1. Pelosi Announces Departure of Longtime Chief of Staff Terri McCullough Dominion holds Fox's claim about spoliation is "meritless" and "a distraction". [Murdoch told him] 'Sorry Jared, there is nothing I can do. [35] In 2019, the state of Georgia selected Dominion Voting Systems to provide its new statewide voting system beginning in 2020.[36]. [22] The company develops proprietary software in-house and sells electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in the U.S. and Canada and employs a development team in its Serbian office. This month, a group of Democratic politicians sent the private equity firms that own the major election vendors a letter asking them to disclose a range of such information, including ownership, finances and research investments. [96] It also reported that Dominion has "sent letters to preserve evidence and warning of potential litigation to right-wing figures including pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood and Melissa Carone, who Giuliani has promoted as a witness to supposed voter fraud efforts. [29] Hoover, Vice President, has an MSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Alberta.[30]. Byrne. Audit in Michigan County Refutes Dominion Conspiracy Theory The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart Industry: Information Technology Support Services. "[117] Among the current and former Fox personnel who have given or were set to give depositions in August were Steve Doocy, Dana Perino, and Shepard Smith. He does not. [96], In an April 2022 article focusing on the case, Forbes noted that there could be additional lawsuits filed by Dominion which "has identified more than 150 people as potential targets of litigation". Georgia: In 2019, a $107 million ten-year contract with Dominion procured by the Secretary of State covers 30,000 touch screen voting machines and the installation of a "verified paper ballot". [61], The disinformation campaign against Dominion led to their employees being stalked, harassed, and receiving death threats. Likes. Dominion's legal team is counting on a rich reservoir of material from their questioning of Fox journalists and executives under oath and from mining their emails, texts, and other communications. [107], On July 11, 2022, the court docket for the case showed that Dominion had issued a subpoena to former Attorney General William Barr. The audit came days after the release of a report purporting that Dominion Voting Systems software used in Antrim County was "intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to . "[71][69][72] In April 2021, Newsmax published a retraction and apology on its website, saying it "found no evidence" to support the allegations against Coomer. Pia Kjrsgaard sprger, om Sren Pind virkelig er den rette mand til at lede det nye medieansvarsudvalg ud fra udtalelser om, hvordan bloggere og influencers i hjere grad kan stilles til ansvar for det indhold, de publicerer og videregiver. [52] There is no evidence for any of these claims, which have been debunked by various groups including election technology experts, government and voting industry officials, and the CISA. Because it is privately owned, ES&S is not legally obligated to reveal its ownership or any other details about its finances, although Burt did confirm that the company generated about $100 million in sales last year. During the voting process, the machine generates a marked paper ballot that serves as the official ballot record. [46][47], Dominion's architecture was also widely used in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections on October 22, 2018, particularly for online voting. Only a glimpse of that has come into public view. That has led to calls for ES&S and its competitors, Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems and Austin, Texas-based Hart Intercivic, to reveal details about their ownership and the origins of the parts, some of which come from China, that make up their machines. [73] Powell, who had asserted there was a recording of Coomer saying this, acknowledged in a July 2021 deposition that no such recording existed. The plaintiffs had alleged that Dominion, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and the Center for Tech and Civic Life "engaged in concerted action to interfere with the 2020 presidential election through a coordinated effort to, among other things, change voting laws without legislative approval, use unreliable voting machines, alter votes through an illegitimate adjudication process [and] privately fund only certain municipalities and counties". [15] Ron Watkins, a leading proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory,[62][63] posted videos on Twitter in early December of a Dominion employee using one of the machines, falsely stating that the employee was pictured tampering with election results. Burt, a native Nebraskan, has called for federal regulations that would require voting machine companies to address some of the key questions posed to ES&S. Lastly, the man in the video claims that the Director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, is dead. [79][80], Dominion sent My Pillow CEO and Trump supporter Mike Lindell a letter in January 2021 stating, "you have positioned yourself as a prominent leader of the ongoing misinformation campaign" and that "litigation regarding these issues is imminent". Q&A with Terri McCullough - UCSC Institute For Social Transformation But in response to questions this year from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, ES&S disclosed which investors own more than 5 percent of the company. And criticism of how the government conducted a presidential election is the highest bar protecting the First Amendment right to criticize such action. Senior Vice President of Government Relations Kathy Rogers and Vice President of Systems Security Chris Wlaschin. A new claim has now been made that Dominion Voting Systems, the technology firm that provided voting systems in multiple US jurisdictions in the November 2020 election, is owned by Joe Biden's nephew. [4][5] Dominion voting machines have been used in countries around the world, primarily in Canada and the United States. Dominion's attorneys have deposed people throughout the Fox hierarchy, from junior producers to stars, to executives, to most recently, controlling owner Rupert Murdoch, who sat for questioning under oath at the Fox Studio lot last Thursday and Friday. Judge Won't Budge as Voting Machine Report Fuels Conspiracies Federal review says Dominion software flaws haven't been - CNN Dominion provided the court with reports from various news outlets that Rupert Murdoch had "spoke with Trump and other senior Republicans shortly after the election and urged them to drop their election-fraud narrative and concede defeat". )[111][112][113][114], Media outlets such as the Guardian mentioned the lawsuit against Fox News in late July, when excerpts of Jared Kushner's book Breaking History were released. Ballot inspection allows users to review ballots with exceptional conditions and either accept or resolve the ballot according to state laws. Lawyers for Dominion have filed $1.3 billion lawsuits against Trump personal lawyer Giuliani, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and pillow magnate Mike Lindell for their alleged defamation of the. [37] Currently, Dominion provides optical scan paper ballot tabulation systems for provincial elections, including Ontario and New Brunswick. Scrutiny of the U.S. election system, spurred by Russias interference in the 2016 election, has put Election Systems & Software in the political spotlight. Dominion Voting Systems, About, accessed Nov. 9, 2020 Politico, Georgia election official: Machine glitch caused by last-minute vendor upload , Nov. 4, 2020 NBC News, Georgia county results . If what they are saying is true, our state has blown this election," the man said. The News Corp. building in New York City, home to Fox News. Denied 1/24/2020 (PDF) ADJ - Adjudication. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. Fake Claims About Dominion Voting Systems Do Real Damage Officials in Maryland and North Carolina have started questioning voting machine makers about potential foreign ownership. Dominion was foundedin Canada in 2003, and the company's majority owner is Staple Street Capital, which is based in New York City.
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