Transaction Approved by the U. S. Department of Justice, Will Significantly Increase Competition in the United States Voting Systems Industry
Dominion’s Engineering and Customer Service Expertise Will Support Premier’s Voting Products Throughout the U.S.
EXCERPT
On March 8, 2010 the U. S. Department of Justice, along with nine state attorneys general, filed an antitrust lawsuit in U. S. District Court in Washington, D.C. alleging that ES&S’ 2009 acquisition of Premier harmed competition. At the same time, the DOJ filed a proposed settlement with ES&S that required the divestiture of the Premier assets to a purchaser approved by the Department. Negotiations subsequently took place between ES&S and Dominion to execute a transaction in accordance with the DOJ’s proposed settlement, and the Department has reviewed and approved all aspects of the purchase agreement.
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, along with nine state attorneys general, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging that the transaction harmed competition. At the same time, the department filed a proposed settlement that, if approved by the court, would resolve the department’s competitive concerns. The state attorney general offices are: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Tennessee and Washington.
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DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS ACQUIRED BY ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM AND STAPLE STREET CAPITAL
July 18, 2018
NEW YORK, July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Voting Systems (“Dominion Voting”) announces that it has been acquired by its management team and Staple Street Capital, a leading New York-based, middle-market private equity firm.
http://www.staplestreetcapital.com/Team/Board
William E. Kennard
BOARDS
AT&T
Duke Energy
Ford Motor Company
MetLife Inc.
EXPERIENCE
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kennard
William Earl Kennard[1] (born January 19, 1957)[2] is an American attorney who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (2009–13) and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1997–2001). He was nominated as ambassador to the EU by President Barack Obama in August 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November. Prior to this appointment, Kennard was Managing Director of the global private equity firm the Carlyle Group. He was also chairman of the FCC after being appointed by President Bill Clinton in November 1997, serving from November 3, 1997 to January 19, 2001.[3] He is also an advisor for the transatlantic think-tank European Horizons.[4]
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https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1324867717808050176?s=21
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
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The election software system in Michigan that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden is called “Dominion.”
It is used in 30 states including:
Nevada
Arizona
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Every single major swing state. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
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COMMITMENT TO ACTION
The DELIAN Project: Democracy through Technology
Commitment by DELIAN Project
In 2014, Dominion Voting committed to providing emerging and post-conflict democracies with access to voting technology through its philanthropic support to the DELIAN Project, as many emerging democracies suffer from post-electoral violence due to the delay in the publishing of election results. Over the next three years, Dominion Voting will support election technology pilots with donated Automated Voting Machines (AVM), providing an improved electoral process, and therefore safer elections. As a large number of election staff are women, there will be an emphasis on training women, who will be the first to benefit from the skills transfer training and use of AVMs. It is estimated that 100 women will directly benefit from election technology skills training per pilot election.