The Brennan Center for Justice proposes “a range of approaches to … problems of improper foreign and domestic influence” in American elections on the part of voting systems vendors.
It recommends what it calls “a stringent yet flexible standard” that “could … impact companies such as Dominion Voting Systems, the second-largest voting machine vendor in the United States, whose voting machines are used by more than one-third of American voters.”
The standard would require companies to disclose ownership of more than 5 percent. With foreign companies like Dominion, the Brennan Institute report says on page 11, “A waiver would provide a means for these and other vendors with foreign ties to disclose those relationships and put in place safeguards to prevent foreign influence and alleviate security concerns, thus offering a reasonable path for a wide range of vendors to participate in the election technology market. Beyond this initial disclosure requirement, vendors should have an ongoing obligation to notify their customers and the EAC of any subsequent changes in their ownership or control.” (Emphasis added)
Sources:
1.https://www.brennancenter.org/ElectionVendors
1. What progress has been made since 2019 on the Brennan Center’s recommendation to create “a stringent yet flexible standard” that “could … impact companies such as Dominion Voting Systems, the second-largest voting machine vendor in the United States, whose voting machines are used by more than one-third of American voters”?
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