Dominion Voting Systems Gets $67 Million Settlement from Newsmax

In 2009, Dominion Voting Systems moved its headquarters from Canada to Denver, where it went relatively unnoticed as it built its business until Dominion was providing voting equipment and software to more than 1,300 jurisdictions across the country, including 62 out of 64 Colorado counties.

In November 2020, Dominion was housed in the LoDo building that was also home to the Old Spaghetti Factory. But it didn't stay there. As accusations of election rigging spread, Dominion was under siege.

Still-President Donald Trump let loose with this on what was still Twitter on November 12, 2020:

“REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED. STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN.”

And there was more, lots more. As the never-substantiated rumors of election fraud spread, a crisis PR firm asked that the photo above be removed to protect Dominion employees, but that was far from enough. The Dominion office moved not once, but at least twice, with heavy security brought in as workers were threatened and the company's reputation was pummeled.

Dominion fought back with lawsuits, winning a last-minute settlement of $787 million from Fox News, right before its defamation case was set for trial in 2023. And now Newsmax has settled another Dominion defamation suit: It will pay $67 million to Dominion over the next two years, while not admitting any culpability for spreading false rumors.

"Newsmax believed it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020. We stand by our coverage as fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism," Newsmax says.

“We are pleased to have settled this matter,” Dominion says.

But more matters are coming. Now Again-President Trump says he plans to sign an executive order ahead of the 2026 midterm election to ban mail-in ballots.

Colorado introduced mail-in ballots decades ago, and today the state's system is considered the gold standard for election integrity. As Secretary of State Jena Griswold notes, mail-in ballots can't be hacked. "They are a piece of paper," she told CNN this morning. In the last election, 92 percent of Coloradans voted by mail.

County clerks are preparing for a fight.

“Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution grants the states the authority to establish the times, places, and manner of holding elections. Not the president," says Denver Clerk & Recorder Paul D. López. "In Colorado, mail-in voting is secure, accessible, and trusted by every party — including Republicans, who made big gains with it in 2024. This isn’t about security — it’s about power. In the United States of America, WE the people elect our leaders, not a dictator.”

During their meeting last week, Trump told Vladimir Putin that "mail-in ballots are corrupt." This to the president of Russia.

No, the matter isn't settled.