[ggm]

As I said, I'm no fan of machine voting. But, to stay in context, I'm finding this really confusing. Can you explain the Venezuela thing? Is this actually legitimate and Powell has evidence of foreign interference through dominion? (You did say every bit..)

[Sacho]

It doesn't sound like it. It's point two of the original complaint(https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/do...):

> Powell’s wild accusations are demonstrably false. Far from being created in Venezuela to rig elections for a now-deceased Venezuelan dictator, Dominion was founded in Toronto for the purpose of creating a fully auditable paper-based vote system that would empower people with disabilities to vote independently on verifiable paper ballots. As it grew, Dominion developed technology to solve many of the technical and voter intent issues that came to light as a result of the 2000 Presidential Election. Its systems are certified under standards promulgated by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (“EAC”), reviewed and tested by independent testing laboratories accredited by the EAC, and were designed to be auditable and include a paper ballot backup to verify results.1 Since its founding, Dominion has been chosen by thousands of election officials throughout the United States to provide the technology to effectively administer transparent and fully auditable elections

I couldn't find Powell's exact statements, but they seem to be some convoluted link between Dominion and a different voting system manufacturer. Unfortunately this particular claim is very difficult to prove defamation on; Dominion's a public figure, so as long as Powell presented some sort of flimsy evidence, she can claim that her opinion was based on it. It would require a finding of "actual malice", that she absolutely knew the evidence was wrong, in order to claim defamation, and as you can imagine, that's a very high bar.

What's more likely to hurt her is number 4, where Dominion claims she used a forged document as evidence. If they can somehow prove that she was aware the document was a forgery, then they seem to have a reasonable chance of success there. Fortunately, in a motion to dismiss, the judge looks at all evidence as favorable to the plaintiff, so perhaps a few of their claims will survive. We'll see, and IANAL, but even if I was, this isn't legal advice :)

[chrisco255]

You're rooting for the multi-billion dollar corporation overseer of 40% of U.S. elections? Does your lust for the death of democracy have no bounds?

> Since its founding, Dominion has been chosen by thousands of election officials throughout the United States to provide the technology to effectively administer transparent and fully auditable elections

As if the choice itself lends credence to the security of the system. SolarWinds was used by virtually all branches of the government and it was hacked, substantially so. You want to make the claim that Dominion Systems are unhackable?

Dominion does have links with other voting manufacturers. They purchased Diebold Systems and Sequoia and integrated their technology and assets into their company. That whole industry is a revolving door of politicians, lobbyists, and yes, even Chavez and Maduro backed Venezuelans.

Even Huffington Post covered this as recently as 2010: "EXCLUSIVE: On Heels of Diebold/Premier Purchase, Canadian eVoting Firm Dominion Also Acquires Sequoia, Lies About Chavez Ties in Announcement" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-on-heels-of-die_b_6...