Established Fact
Dominion Voting Systems’ authorized service provider, ElectionSource (operating as MC&E, Inc., of Grand Rapids, Michigan), was documented to have had access to project files for at least 22 Michigan counties on the Antrim County election management system server, including Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Arenac, Berrien, Calhoun, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Gogebic, Houghton, Iosco, Isabella, Keweenaw, Manistee, Marquette, Menominee, Midland, Otsego, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft, Wayne, and Wexford. ElectionSource was not elected by any of those jurisdictions, was not individually licensed by each county, and has not been shown to have been subject to independent oversight with respect to its access to those counties’ election configurations. In a letter dated January 4, 2021, ElectionSource asserted that any independent forensic analysis of county election equipment would require approval from the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, and threatened legal action against any county clerk who allowed the equipment to be transferred to a third party without such coordination — effectively positioning the vendor and a state executive agency as co-gatekeepers over access to equipment administered by locally elected officials.
Citations
People v. Lambert, Case No. 2023-285759-FH (Oakland County Circuit Court), Motion to Quash Indictment, filed September 30, 2024, pp. 24, 33–34. The motion, filed by defense attorney Stefanie Lambert, quotes from an expert report by James Penrose stating that “ElectionSource technicians responsible for deploying the project files to Antrim County also had access to numerous other counties project files,” and then enumerates 22 counties by name. The same section reproduces the January 4, 2021 ElectionSource letter threatening legal action against any clerk who allowed equipment transfer without Michigan Secretary of State coordination. Available at: https://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240930_motion_fld_to_quash_indictment-dft_104715112_ocr.pdf
The ASOG forensic report (December 13, 2020) identifies ElectionSource as the entity that “provided” ballot design and configuration for Antrim County’s Dominion ImageCast Precinct and VAT systems, and identifies it as “owned by MC&E, Inc of Grand Rapids, MI.” Allied Security Operations Group, Antrim Michigan Forensics Report (Dec. 13, 2020), p. 13, available at: https://www.justice.gov/file/1284311/dl?inline=.