Dominion, Smartmatic, and Scytl: Foreign Influence in America’s Elections
Alexandra Brinkley
December 13, 2021
Foreign Influence in the 2020 General Election
Was there foreign influence in the 2020 General Election?
As the election fraud investigation and litigation continues, speculation surrounding these three companies, Dominion, Scytl, and Smartmatic has led to many theories. It is increasingly difficult to find the correct information for several reasons. Firstly, these companies historically have been very secretive and cryptic with insight into their ownership. To make things more complicated, these companies have partnered with, sold, and acquired other companies who, at times, have changed their names.
To make matters worse, as Americans started scouring the internet for more information, these companies began “scrubbing” details that were once listed online. However, as good internet sleuths do, most of this information was preserved on archiving websites. The more important observation here is that these companies raced to delete any connection with each other, the problem is there was already too much evidence of their connections.
As noted in previous articles by New Right Network, Dominion is a Canadian based company with US headquarters located in Denver, Colorado. However, it is important to note the history of these other companies as well. These companies are interconnected through name changes, acquisitions, shell companies, and holding companies. It is troubling that transparency into their ownership and financial backing is not clear. What is even more troubling is that they all appear to have foreign ties.
SCYTL OVERVIEW
- Scytl is a Barcelona based company that provides many election products all over the world, including the United States.
- Scytl says it is a “leader in digital voting and electoral modernization.”
- Scytl was formed in 2001 and recently filed bankruptcy in 2020, but was acquired by a company called “Service Point Solutions” which is part of the “Paragon Group.”
- It is not initially clear who the “Paragon Group” is, where they are located, or who owns them.
- A search for this leads to multiple different companies, none of them with a clear tie to either Scytl or Service Point Solutions.
In 2012 Scytl acquired a company called SOE Software. SOE is run out of Tampa, Florida. SOE Software Corp was founded in 2002 by Mark Schneider. Initially, claims of Scytl being connected to Dominion were refuted.
However, New Right Network was able to find a “request for information” prepared exclusively for “the state of Colorado” which was presented by Michael Greenman. According to his Linked in Profile, Michael Greenman was a Regional Manager for Dominion Voting Systems until 2018. Not a smoking gun on its own, but it does add to the web of secrecy and confusion surrounding these companies.
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