Statement to The Weekly from Dominion Voting Systems

We have nothing to do with the results reporting app used in Iowa, which is a completely different type of technology compared to a voting system.  Voting systems are strictly designed, tested and certified according to federal U.S. government standards.  It is also important to note that a caucus is a political party-run meeting that is not subject to the same safeguards for ballot counting and reporting that exist for locally-run elections under law (i.e. audits, recanvassing, recounts).  We are essentially talking apples and oranges here, which any U.S. political scientist can affirm.

All of the major U.S. voting systems companies – including Dominion – have publicly testified to Congress that no hacking or malicious compromise of voting systems took place in 2016, or at any other time.  These statements are supported by the U.S. intelligence community's unanimous findings that, while public-facing election websites and other types of infrastructure related to the registration of voters and voter databases were widely targeted in 2016, "the types of systems Russian actors targeted or compromised were not involved in vote tallying."  SEE USODNI Joint Intelligence Community Assessment, Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections (Jan. 6, 2017).  SEE also: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Russian Targeting of Election Infrastructure During the 2016 Election (May 2018).

Dominion works with third-party testers and independent researchers to conduct penetration tests and other types of quality checks against our systems to ensure their security.  In fact, we were the only company that voluntarily brought equipment to DEF CON's voting village last year.

Therefore, while we are always happy to work with the CBC, we ask that you proceed responsibly with your reporting.  There are many differences here which deserve careful treatment for viewers, so as not to perpetuate confusion or needlessly harm public confidence.  Thank you so much for the chance to provide comment – very much appreciate having this opportunity to weigh in.

Kay Stimson

VP, Government Affairs

Dominion Voting Systems