Established Fact
Runbeck Election Services (RES), a Phoenix, Arizona-based ballot printing and processing company, served as the direct contractor for absentee ballot production and envelope-level processing for Maricopa County and all 159 Georgia counties in 2020, producing an estimated 3.6 million ballot packets for Maricopa alone and mailing an estimated 40–50 million pieces nationally. RES is not an electronic voting system vendor and does not deploy, configure, or maintain EAC-certified tabulation equipment; it operates in the physical ballot production and custody chain — a category of election infrastructure without EAC certification requirements, competitive bidding mandates, or federal oversight comparable to that applied to voting system vendors. RES states it “does not tabulate or adjudicate ballots” and has no financial relationship with Dominion Voting Systems. A post-2020 investigation recommended subpoenaing Runbeck records for absentee ballot printing and mailing logs.
Citations
Runbeck Election Services, “About Us” (company history and service description: Phoenix, AZ-based ballot printing and processing company), available at: https://runbeck.net/about-us/.
Runbeck Election Services, “Printing and Mailing” (163,000 sq. ft. facility; ballot printing, mailing, inserting, and sorting services described; no tabulation functions), available at: https://runbeck.net/election-services/election-printing-mailing/.
Runbeck Election Services, “Claims vs. Facts” (“RES does not tabulate or adjudicate ballots. RES has no financial affiliation and/or relationship with Dominion Voting Systems”), available at: https://runbeck.net/claims-vs-facts/.
Runbeck Election Services, “About Us,” https://runbeck.net/about-us/ (company history and service description)
Runbeck Election Services, “Printing and Mailing,” https://runbeck.net/election-services/election-printing-mailing/ (163,000 sq. ft. facility
Just the News, “Runbeck: Election Firm Involved in Maricopa County’s Alleged Chain-of-Custody Violations,” Jan. 10, 2022, available at: https://justthenews.com.
InfluenceWatch, “Runbeck Election Services,” https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/runbeck-election-services/ (direct county/state contracts described throughout)
Votebeat, “Maricopa County to Replace Ballot Printers at Cost of $8 Million,” June 5, 2023, https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2023/6/5/23747465/maricopa-county-voting-problems-ballot-printers-testing-certification/ (Maricopa County is the contracting party, not a voting system vendor). Runbeck Election Services, “Claims vs. Facts,” supra fn. 1 (3.6 million Maricopa ballot packets in 2020)
InfluenceWatch, “Runbeck Election Services” (describing 40–50 million mail pieces nationally; services to every county in Georgia and seven other states), available at: https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/runbeck-election-services/.
Votebeat, “Maricopa County to Replace Ballot Printers at Cost of $8 Million,” June 5, 2023 (Maricopa County’s $8 million ballot printer replacement after 2022 Election Day failures; noting no competitive bidding process for original Runbeck contract), available at: https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2023/6/5/23747465/maricopa-county-voting-problems-ballot-printers-testing-contract/.
The Georgia Election Investigation Report (cited in OC-22 row, project file GA_Election_Investigation_Report.docx) recommends a grand jury subpoena to Runbeck for all absentee ballot printing records, mail logs, and communications with the Georgia SOS and Fulton County for the 2020 election. The “315K missing ballots” claim referencing Dominion invoice records is a Disputed Fact requiring independent forensic verification.
Votebeat, “Maricopa County to Replace Ballot Printers,” supra (no competitive bidding described for the contract modification process).
Runbeck Election Services is not an EAC-certified voting system vendor and is not subject to the same federal certification requirements applicable to tabulation equipment manufacturers. InfluenceWatch, “Runbeck Election Services,” supra.