SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: FACTS ABOUT DOMINION
Dominion is focused on supporting our customers who administer U.S. elections. We are closely monitoring claims around the 2024 election. We strongly encourage people to rely upon verified, credible sources of election information – sources that can explain the many layers of physical, operational, and technical safeguards that exist to protect the integrity of our elections, including use of paper ballots for auditing and recounts. We remain fully prepared to defend our company and our customers against lies and to seek accountability from those who spread them.
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Additional Fact-Checking Resources:
For more information, find your own state and local election officials using this tool from USA.gov
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security/CISA: #Protect2024 Resources
- U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Voting System Security Measures | Voting System Testing & Certification
- U.S. Department of Justice: Voting & Elections
About Dominion
- Dominion is a U.S. company headquartered in Colorado.
- Dominion has no ownership ties to George Soros, foreign leaders (including no financial ties to the Chinese government), or U.S. political party leaders.
- Dominion and Smartmatic are separate companies. Dominion does not use or license Smartmatic software.
- Thousands of audits and recounts since November 2020 have confirmed the accuracy and integrity of election results and verified the reliability of Dominion's certified voting systems.
- Every federally certified Dominion system is submitted for review and testing to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) using independent, accredited Voting System Test Labs.
- Dominion voting systems are designed and certified by the U.S. government to be closed systems that do not connect to the Internet. State and local requirements also serve to maintain air gaps for security.
- All Dominion systems are based on voter-verifiable paper ballots or paper records for auditing.
- Dominion systems comply with all requirements for system updates and election records retention.
- Dominion machines accurately read paper ballots marked with writing instruments approved by election officials, including Sharpie pens.
- All changes to voting system software are certified by state election authorities. Election officials use strong technical, chain of custody, and physical security controls prior to implementing software changes.
About the November 2024 Election
- Georgia election officials refute early vote flipping claims (AFP)
- Yes, You Can Use a Sharpie to Fill Out a Ballot in Some States (Verifythis.com)
- Explainer: Voting Systems Reliable, Despite Conspiracies (AP)
- Georgia Voting System Encryption Key Suit Quickly Dismissed by Court (The Hill)
More Fact Checks
- Fake Dominion Voting Logo, Slogan Being Shared to Stoke Election Fraud Conspiracies (Reuters)
- Georgia Voting System Encryption Key Suit Quickly Dismissed by Court (The Hill)
- Leading Pollster Spreads Dominion Voting Machine Misinformation (Washington Post)
- No, There Isn't a New Lawsuit Revealing 2020 Ballot Fraud in Georgia. An Old Video is Recirculating (AP Fact Check)
- Fox News and Dominion Voting Not Owned By Same Company, Contrary to Online Posts (Factcheck.org)
- BlackRock Investment Company Does NOT Own Dominion Voting Systems (Lead Stories)
- No, Ron DeSantis Did Not Receive $2 Million from a Bank Owned by Dominion Voting Systems (CheckYourFact.com)
- Viral Post Makes Misleading Claims about Brian Kemp, His Debt and Dominion (CheckYourFact.com)
- Bogus 'Sharpiegate' Claim Resurfaces in Pennsylvania Election (Factcheck.org)
- Dominion's Defamation Lawsuits Are Still Active (Factcheck.org)
- Dominion Tabulators Did NOT Cause Problems in Maricopa County's November 2022 Election (Lead Stories)
- Dominion Voting Systems Did NOT Pay Bill Barr Millions in Cash and Stocks (Lead Stories)
- No Connection Between Dominion and Wife of Ray Epps (CheckYourFact.org)
- Judge Did Not Rule Dominion Voting Systems Machines Engineered to Yield Fraud (USA Today Fact Check)
- Dominion is Not Linked to Antifa or Venezuela, Did Not Switch U.S. 2020 Election Votes And Was Not Subject to a U.S. Army Raid in Germany (Reuters Fact Check)
About the November 2020 Election: Learn more about Election 2020 and Election 2022
About Our Legal Claims
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