Meet The Republican Who Just Bought Dominion Voting Machines

Scott Leiendecker, the founder and chairman of Liberty Vote and sole owner of Dominion Voting Systems, is a former GOP election reform advocate who has made his mark on election technology.

Leiendecker officially acquired Dominion as the sole private owner and rebranded the company as Liberty Vote, according to an announcement Thursday. The acquisition brings Dominion under full American ownership and was contingent upon the company ending multiple ongoing lawsuits against prominent conservatives and One America News Network (OANN). (RELATED: Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives)

Under Leiendecker’s leadership, the company will relocate all operations to the United States and strengthen election integrity through the adoption of independent third-party auditing standards, according to a press release. “Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up,” he said.

Leiendecker also founded KNOWiNK,  an election technology and security firm that developed the Poll Pad. The device streamlines voter check-in, verification and wait times for state and local elections and was used to check in by approximately 36 million voters in 29 states in the 2024 election, according to the firm’s website.

The company currently employs over 150 people with over $55 million in annual revenue, according to his LinkedIn profile. KNOWiNK successfully acquired Election Administrators, then a competitor in election technology, in 2016, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

The company is marketed as a leading provider of electronic poll books in the U.S. and became the first to receive certification from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for its Poll Pad in February 2025.

KNOWiNK was named the fastest growing private business in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2021, according to the St. Louis Business Journal. That same year Leiendecker received the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Heartland.

Leiendecker’s LinkedIn said he previously served as the youngest Election Director for the City of St. Louis, managed 25 full-time employees and oversaw a $2.5 million annual budget. Justice Department attorney Ed Martin chaired the city’s Board of Elections for a period during his tenure.

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While serving as Election Director, Leiendecker worked to implement the Help America Vote Act in St. Louis City and carried out Election Board reforms, helping to replace outdated processes, according to his LinkedIn. (RELATED: While Dominion Seems Poised To Sue Dozens In Right Wing Media, OANN Announces Whopping Three-Hour Fraud Special Featuring Mike Lindell)

Private equity firm Staple Street Capital bought over three-quarters of Dominion in 2018 for $38.8 million, according to a Business Insider report. After the 2020 election, filed $1.3 billion defamation lawsuits against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and former Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Prior to Leiendecker’s acquisition, Newsmax Media Inc. reached a $67 million settlement with Dominion in August in relation to the firm’s lawsuit alleging the network defamed Dominion in its 2020 election coverage. Dominion settled with Fox News, who agreed to pay the voting software company a $787.5 million settlement in April 2023.