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Fast Take
Dominion Voting Techniques, which was the goal of baseless conspiracy theories after the 2020 election, shall be utilized by 27 states within the 2024 election. However some social media posts falsely declare Gov. Ron DeSantis stated Dominion “will NOT function within the state of Florida.” The Florida Division of State authorised using Dominion gear, which shall be utilized in 18 counties.
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Dominion Voting Techniques has been a goal of election-related misinformation, as we’ve previously written.
Within the aftermath of the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump pushed a baseless conspiracy principle that Dominion Voting Techniques had switched “1000’s of votes” from Trump to President-elect Joe Biden and “deleted” hundreds of thousands of Trump votes, citing a report by One America Information. A bunch of federal, state and native officers overseeing the nation’s voting system refuted such claims simply hours after Trump tweeted them.
“There isn’t a proof that any voting system deleted or misplaced votes, modified votes, or was in any method compromised,” the Elections Infrastructure Authorities Coordinating Council and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Government Committees stated in a joint statement. The assertion described the 2020 election as “essentially the most safe in American historical past.”
On April 18, 2023, Dominion Voting Techniques settled a defamation lawsuit towards Fox Information for $787.5 million after alleging the information group and a few of its commentators unfold lies in regards to the firm. A number of months later, a Dominion govt settled a suit towards One American Information, however the phrases of the settlement weren’t disclosed.
Dominion Voting Techniques at the moment supplies election expertise in 27 states and Puerto Rico and is “dedicated to ensuring the security of elections,” in line with the corporate web site. Dominion additionally maintains a fact-checking resource to deal with misinformation referring to the 2024 election.
However current social media posts falsely declare that Dominion Voting Techniques is not going to function in Florida this November and mischaracterize Dominion possession.
One Threads consumer falsely claimed, “BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Dominion voting methods will NOT function within the state of Florida.”
A post on Instagram included this similar allegation, plus further deceptive questions relating to Dominion possession: “Who owns inventory in Dominion voting methods? Do Congress members? Do previous and present presidents? Do members of the family of presidency officers? Are the elections rigged by each side of the aisle?”
Opposite to the claims on social media, Dominion Voting Techniques will function in Florida this election. And the corporate has “no possession ties to … U.S. political social gathering leaders,” the corporate web site states. Dominion Voting Techniques is a privately held firm, which means it isn’t traded on inventory exchanges or legally required to report monetary data to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
As we’ve written, the non-public fairness agency Staple Avenue Capital owns a roughly 76% stake in Dominion Voting Techniques. John Poulos, the CEO of Dominion Voting Techniques, owns 12% of the corporate, and the remaining is owned by different members of the corporate’s management.
In an electronic mail to FactCheck.org, a Dominion Voting Techniques spokesperson stated, “Reality: Dominion methods are being utilized by voters throughout the State of Florida for the November 2024 election.”
“The corporate has 1000’s of buyer jurisdictions unfold throughout 27 states,” the spokesperson stated.
The Florida Division of Elections had certified two voting methods and distributors as of March 4: Dominion Voting Techniques and Election Techniques & Software program. Based on a map posted to the division’s web site, 18 Florida counties will use Dominion Voting Techniques and 49 counties will use Election Techniques & Software program.
Voting methods must be approved by the Florida Division of State prior to make use of. The division solely approves voting methods that comply with state regulation. For instance, the system should precisely depend votes and supply data “from which the operation of the voting system could also be audited.”
Following approval, the Florida Division of Elections explains on its web site, “Voting system software program is simply issued to county Supervisors of Elections by the Florida Division of State by way of a ‘trusted construct’ course of — a safe and well-documented closed chain-of-custody course of adopted earlier than, all through, and after set up of latest gear or software program.”
Editor’s notice: FactCheck.org is one among a number of organizations working with Facebook to debunk misinformation shared on social media. Our earlier tales may be discovered here. Fb has no control over our editorial content material.
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