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Headline Roundup November 16th, 2020

Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 Election

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Dominion Voting Systems, a electronic voting technology company used in 28 states, is at the center of ongoing 2020 presidential election fact-checking and debate. President Donald Trump has blamed the company for purportedly rigging the election against him; fact-checkers on all sides have discredited viral claims that Dominion switched millions of Trump votes to Biden votes. Left- and center-rated media outlets have focused their coverage of Dominion almost entirely on debunking purportedly false claims about the company and the election. The story received more attention overall from right-rated outlets. Some coverage from right-rated sources reported that many Dominion staffers had donated to Democratic candidates; other reports concentrated on concerns previously raised by Democratic lawmakers about the security of Dominion's technology.

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Democratic senators warned of potential 'vote switching' by Dominion voting machines prior to 2020 election
Democratic senators warned of potential 'vote switching' by Dominion voting machines prior to 2020 election

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Four congressional Democrats sent a letter to the owners of Dominion Voting Systems and cited several problems that “threaten the integrity of our elections,” including “vote switching.”

In a December 2019 letter to Dominion Voting Systems, which has been mired in controversy after a human error involving its machines in Antrim County, Michigan, resulted in incorrect counts, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Amy Klobuchar and congressman Mark Pocan warned about reports of machines “switching votes,” “undisclosed vulnerabilities,” and “improbable” results that “threaten the integrity of our elections.”

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From the Center
Dominion Voting Systems 'Categorically Denies' Election Tech Glitches Following Trump Accusations
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Dominion Voting Systems said in a statement on Friday that it "categorically denies" claims that its election software encountered glitches that impacted the results of the presidential election last week.

The company's software is used in 28 U.S. states, including in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. After official sources called the national race for Joe Biden on November 7, President Donald Trump accused the company of deleting millions of votes cast for him across the country.

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From the Left
Did Dominion Voting Systems Delete 2.7M Trump Votes?
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The internet was flooded with false claims about voter fraud in the days following the 2020 U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020. Many of these rumors centered around a piece of software from Dominion Voting Systems. We’ve addressed a few of these rumors in a previous article, but the most prevalent claim, and one that was spread by U.S. President Donald Trump himself on Nov. 12, 2020, was that Dominion software had deleted 2.7 million votes that had been cast for the incumbent.

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