Scott Leyendecker, founder and chairman of Liberty Vote and sole owner of Dominion Voting Systems, is a former GOP election reform advocate who has made his mark in election technology.
Leyendecker officially acquired Dominion as the sole private owner under Vote for Freedomaccording to Thursday's announcement. The acquisition would make Dominion wholly U.S. owned and would be contingent on the company dropping numerous ongoing lawsuits against prominent conservatives and United American News Network (List). (RELATED: Republicans Buy Dominion Voting Systems, Force Them to Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives)
Under Leyendecker's leadership, the company will move all operations to the United States and strengthen its position. integrity of elections by adopting independent third-party auditing standards, according to the press release. “The Freedom Vote signals a new chapter in American elections—one in which trust is rebuilt from the ground up,” he said.
Leyendecker also founded KNOW election technology and security firm that developed the Poll Pad. The device simplifies voter registration, verification and wait times for state and local elections and has been used to register approximately 36 million voters in 29 states in the 2024 elections, according to the company's website.
The company currently employs more than 150 people with annual revenue of more than $55 million, according to its LinkedIn. profile. According to St. Louis Business Journal, in 2016, KNOWiNK successfully acquired Election Administrators, then a competitor in the election technology space. report.
The company is positioned as the leading supplier of electronic survey journals in the United States and was the first company to receive certification from US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for its February 2025 survey.
KNOWiNK was named fastest growing private business in St. Louis, Missouri in 2021, according to St. Louis Business Journal. That same year Leyendecker received Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Heartland.
Leyendecker's LinkedIn said he was previously the youngest elections director for the city of St. Louis, overseeing 25 full-time employees and overseeing an annual budget of $2.5 million. Prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice Ed Martin headed the city Election Commission during his tenure in office.
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As elections director, Leyendecker worked to implement Help America vote on legislation in St. Louis and has reformed the Board of Elections, helping to replace outdated processes, according to his LinkedIn. (RELATED: Even as Dominion appears poised to sue dozens of right-wing media personalities, OANN announces a whopping three-hour special on fraud featuring Mike Lindell)
Private investment company Staple Street Capital bought more than three-quarters of Dominion in 2018 for $38.8 million, according to Business Insider. report. Filed $1.3 billion in defamation lawsuits against MyPillow's CEO following the 2020 election. Mike Lindellformer Trump campaign lawyer Sydney Powell and former Republican mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani.
Before the Leiendecker acquisition Newsmax Media Inc. In August, it reached a $67 million settlement with Dominion over the firm's lawsuit alleging the broadcaster defamed Dominion in its coverage of the 2020 election. Dominion settled with Fox Newswhich agreed to pay the voting software company $787.5 million in compensation in April 2023.
