Shasta County Board of Supervisors Cancels Contract with Dominion Voting Systems, Reflecting Deep Conservatism and Reverberations of 2020 Election Attacks.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors in rural northern California recently voted to cancel its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, years before its expiration date and over the objection of the county’s top election official. This decision illustrates the continued reverberations of the attacks against the company more than two years after the 2020 presidential election.

Dominion Voting Systems is set to face off with Fox News in Delaware state court this month, when the voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit heads to trial. The company is attempting to prove that the cable network knowingly defamed it by broadcasting baseless allegations about the company’s voting machines and software that it knew were false.

In response to the decision to cancel the Dominion contract, the supervisors agreed to shift to hand-counting ballots in future elections. This was after receiving written assurance from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell that he would provide “financial and legal” resources to the county if it faced “pushback” over the move.

The decision to end the Dominion contract and shift to hand-counting ballots in future elections is a reflection of the deep conservatism of the county, as well as the continued reverberations of the attacks against the company more than two years after the 2020 presidential election. The outcome of the trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News will be closely watched, as it could have a significant impact on the future of the company.