Dominion Voting Systems sold to Republican-run company pushing paper ballots

A company run by a former Republican election official has purchased Dominion Voting Systems, according to a report.

Dominion was sold to Missouri-based Liberty Vote for an undisclosed sum, Axios reported.

Scott Leiendecker, the owner of Liberty Vote, served as St. Louis' Republican election director when Trump ally Ed Martin was the Board of Elections' chair for the city. Trump recently appointed Martin as head of the Weaponization Working Group at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Liberty Vote officials noted that Nevada's Democratic secretary of state, Cisco Aguilar, has called Leiendecker "open, honest and transparent."

The company was said to be focusing on paper ballots, following Trump's vision for how elections should be run in the United States.

"Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up," Leiendecker told Axios.

Dominion equipment would receive a "top-down" review ahead of next year's midterm elections, the company said.

Axios reported that Liberty required Dominion to settle several defamation lawsuits against Trump allies before the sale. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and One America News Network all settled with Dominion in recent weeks.