Established Fact
ElectionSource (operating as MC&E, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI), Dominion Voting Systems’ authorized service provider and designated Michigan support contact, functioned as the de facto election system administrator for at least 22 Michigan counties during the 2020 election cycle, with ElectionSource technicians — not elected clerks — responsible for determining configuration settings, deploying project files, and conducting maintenance. ElectionSource’s role created a structural layer of operational obscurity: state-level oversight documents referenced the Dominion contract, while the entity with actual hands-on system access was a private vendor whose multi-county access was only revealed through forensic examination. In a January 4, 2021 letter, ElectionSource threatened legal action against any county clerk who allowed independent forensic review of the equipment without Michigan Secretary of State coordination.
Citations
People v. Lambert, Case No. 2023-285759-FH (Oakland County Circuit Court), Motion to Quash Indictment, filed Sept. 30, 2024, pp. 24, 33–34 (quoting James Penrose expert report: “ElectionSource technicians responsible for deploying the project files to Antrim County also had access to numerous other counties project files”, listing 22 counties by name), available at: https://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240930_motion_fld_to_quash_indictment-dft_104715112_ocr.pdf.
Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG), Antrim Michigan Forensics Report, Revised Preliminary Summary v2, Dec. 13, 2020, p. 13 (identifying ElectionSource.com, owned by MC&E, Inc. of Grand Rapids, MI, as the entity that provided ballot design and configuration for Antrim County’s Dominion ImageCast Precinct and VAT systems), available at: https://www.justice.gov/file/1284311/dl?inline=.
Michigan Secretary of State, Voting System Purchase and Support Contacts (“For all Dominion Voting Equipment & Systems: Please direct any questions or concerns to Election Source at: 888-742-8037” — confirming ElectionSource as Dominion’s designated Michigan support contact), available at: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/admin-info/voting-system-purchase.
Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG), “Antrim Michigan Forensics Report,” Revised Preliminary Summary v2, December 13, 2020, p. 3, Finding 15 (confirming ElectionSource access during forensic examination of Antrim County EMS)
State of Michigan Voting System Contract #071B7700117 with Dominion Voting Systems, Schedule A, pp. 128–129 (project files: Exhibit_C_071B7700117_Dominion_SOM_Contract.pdf and Exhibit_D_071B7700117_Dominion_555356_7_3and_4_.pdf — confirming ElectionSource’s subcontractor status under the state contract). Footnote 3. ElectionSource letter to Oceana County Clerk (cited in 2020-coup-final.pdf, pp. 159–160)
Jeffrey Lenberg report, May 3, 2021 (project file: 07_Penrose_2_ElectionSource_050221.pdf)
Michigan state contract #071B7700117, preventative maintenance checklist (project files cited in fn. 1 above — contract review confirms battery removal not specified as scheduled maintenance item). MI_Election_Investigation_Report_2026.docx, Section III (Established Fact as to battery removal being directed hypothesis as to destruction characterization). See also The 2020 Coup, p. 160 (“The directive from Election Source also raises an important question for consideration: Who really runs our elections? Our elected officials or the vendors which are supposed to serve them?”). Footnote 4. Lenberg Report, May 3, 2021 (fn. 1 above — scope of access only discovered through forensic examination)