Liberty To Restore Trust in Voting System
Remember how we’ve all been taught that questioning the legitimacy of electronic voting systems is tantamount to being an “election denier”? Which, we are told, is the next worst crime after insurrection — or worse, asking questions about masks on Facebook.
Back in the spring, President Trump signed an executive order calling for sweeping voting reforms, including a requirement that every single ballot leave behind an auditable paper trail. Federal judges (of course) shut that down immediately, reminding us that states and Congress — not the Executive Branch — set election procedure.
Fast-forward to this week: a newly formed company named Liberty Vote announced it had purchased Dominion Voting Systems and would be relocating its headquarters from Canada to St. Louis. Liberty’s press release promised to restore trust in voting systems, reintroduce hand-marked paper ballots, and adjust company policies to follow Trump’s executive order on voting procedures.
Liberty is owned by Scott Leiendecker, the former St. Louis elections director and a longtime Republican election official. He served as the city’s Republican election director from 2005 to 2012 and is also founder and CEO of KNOWiNK, a non-partisan elections technology firm that makes products like Poll Print and Poll Pad, already in use across the U.S. In other words, the man knows how elections work — from the inside out.
California’s Dominion Dependence
The California Secretary of State lists “Dominion Voting Systems – ImageCast Evolution” as one of the state’s certified voting systems and names dozens of counties using it — including Alameda, Fresno, Marin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Ventura, and more.
In Santa Barbara County Dominion systems run the show.
For Central Tabulation (where ballots are counted in a central location), Santa Barbara uses Dominion ICC 5.10A.
For Vote Centers and Polling Places, the county uses Dominion ICX 5.10A.
And in 2023, California’s Democrat-led legislature passed a law limiting when local governments can manually count ballots. Why? Because some counties — most notably Shasta County — had the audacity to move away from electronic machines and return to counting ballots by hand.
So, while California politicians preach “transparency” and “democracy,” they’ve quietly ensured that hand counting (the simplest and most transparent form of vote verification) is restricted — while Dominion machines remain the gatekeepers of the state’s vote totals.
The Brand Problem
Corporate media insisted (without evidence) that Dominion’s brand was destroyed by Republican skepticism over “debunked” anomalies during the 2020 election, leaving it “toxic” in red states and forcing the sale. That may be true. But here’s the kicker:
Democrats and corporate media spent years defending Dominion’s electronic systems, swearing up and down the machines were infallible.
They cheered when Dominion won massive defamation settlements.
And now? They’re already denying the results of the next election because those same machines have a new owner.
Irony?
Trump played them again. He forced the Democrats to defend and legally certify Dominion machines, making them the standard. And now that Liberty Vote owns them, Democrats are suddenly terrified to use them.
Careful What You Wish For
Given Dominion’s courtroom track record, progressives should tread lightly after years of celebrating Dominion’s lawsuits against conservatives.
If they accuse Liberty Vote of fraud or corruption without hard evidence, they could be the ones on the receiving end of defamation lawsuits. Much like Trump winning tens of millions in defamation lawsuits against corporate media and others.
What’s good for the goose is good for the Trump-deranged gander.
Ask Your Neighbor
Here’s a fun experiment: ask your neighbor, your coworker, or that perpetually outraged friend on social media what they think of Dominion machines. Ask them about the lawsuits, the allegations, and the claims of tampering and manipulation.
They’ll probably tell you Dominion was vindicated — that “none of the lawsuits stuck” and that the company “proved its integrity in court.”
Then, drop the bomb. Tell them how great it is that an American company bought Dominion and is moving the headquarters to St. Louis. Watch their eyes widen. Then drop the next bomb — tell them a Republican now owns Dominion.
What do you think they’ll say next?
Will they start denying the next election results?
Will they suddenly say machines can be hacked and manipulated?
Will the “defenders of democracy” turn into the newest batch of “election deniers”?
Grab your popcorn.
Elites Exposed
And yet, notice what Democrats are really focused on. They’re not talking about inflation, borders, housing, crime, or any issue that actually touches your daily life.
Their obsession is keeping the government shut down, demonizing Republicans, and gasping in outrage at Trump’s latest “mean tweet.”
They never expected Republicans to gain entry to what they thought was their private, exclusive club — a world where only elites make the rules, and you the voter are here just to serve them. But that door has been kicked wide open.
The pieces are moving. The board is shifting. And the “untouchables” aren’t untouchable anymore.
“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” — Luke 8:17
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