
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
Kim Zetter
created: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:01 p.m. | updated: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
The news last week that Dominion Voting Systems was purchased by the founder and CEO of Knowink, a Missouri-based maker of electronic poll books, has left election integrity activists confused over what, if anything, this could mean for voters and the integrity of US elections.
A search on LinkedIn shows numerous programmers and other workers in Serbia who claim to be employed by the company.
Philip Stark, professor of statistics at UC Berkeley and a longtime election-integrity advocate, says Liberty’s assurance about domestic-only workers is a red herring.
Because programmers based in the US also … may be interested in undermining or altering election integrity,” he tells WIRED.
The company didn’t say when this review would occur, but a Liberty representative told Axios it would happen ahead of next year's midterm elections, and the company would "rebuild or retire" machines as needed.
4 days, 7 hours ago: WIRED