Dominion Voting Systems is sold and is now Liberty Vote : NPR

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election, has been acquired by an organization called Liberty Vote.

“As of today, Dominion is no more,” the company said in a press release Thursday. “Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operating control.” The Dominion website now redirects to Freedomvote.com.

President Trump and his allies, including Rudy Giuliani, falsely accused Dominion and its machines of rigging the 2020 election by stealing votes from Trump. Unfounded claims against the Dominion caused one of its leaders went into hiding in 2020 and resulted in numerous libel suits.

Giuliani recently reached a confidential agreement with Dominion. Specifically, Dominion won a defamation case against Fox News for nearly $800 million..

Earlier this year, Trump Justice Department spokesman contacted county officials in Missouri and asked to review the Dominion voting equipment they used in 2020.

Liberty Vote's release makes several nods to conservative election priorities, including calling the acquisition “a bold and historic step to transform and improve the integrity of elections in America.” Conservatives have in recent years used the phrase “election integrity” and talked about growing faith in the nation's electoral system.

The message also notes that one of Liberty Vote's priorities is “[l]”Continuing the use of stamped paper ballots to comply with President Trump's executive order while also ensuring election security and compliance with federal standards.”

Majority of US voters already vote using handwritten paper ballots. Much of Trump's March voting order was stopped by federal judges.

The new company was founded by Scott Leyendecker, a former Republican elections director in St. Louis who founded an election technology company that widely used by election officials.