‘Trust’ isn’t just a buzzword when it comes to the world of election technology; it’s the entire point of the product. Last week, the infamous firm Dominion Voting Systems was purchased and rebranded as Liberty Vote.
The man behind the acquisition, St. Louis entrepreneur Scott Leiendecker, says he hopes to ensure public confidence in vote tallies by focusing on paper versus digital. His M&A activity is drawing bi-partisan optimism.
Eric Fey, the Democratic Director of Elections for St. Louis County, has known Leiendecker “since he was election director in St. Louis City,” he says. “I’ve always thought he was very innovative.” Fey credits Leiendecker with instituting “a lot of reforms at the city election board” that transformed it into a “more well-running agency than it had been before.”
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