Trump official tried to ban voting machines in half of U.S. states, sources say

Reuters reports that White House election-security adviser Kurt Olsen sought to ban voting machines in more than half the states by pressing the Commerce Department to declare their components national-security risks, targeting Dominion Voting Systems. Olsen favored a national system of hand-counted paper ballots, a plan that progressed to Commerce examining possible grounds to act in September but collapsed when proponents could not provide sufficient evidence. The move fits a broader effort to encroach on state election authority and pursue debunked fraud claims, with Olsen working with top intelligence and law-enforcement officials. Paul McNamara of the ODNI and Brian Sikma were involved; McNamara pressed to designate Dominion chips software as national-security risks, though the ODNI said it did not brief or coordinate with Commerce to ban Dominion. Democrats urged Olsen be fired. The piece notes that most jurisdictions already produce paper records and experts say the current machine-with-paper-trail system supports audits. It also outlines Dominion’s 2024 footprint, its acquisition by Liberty Vote USA, and a 2025 Puerto Rico machine seizure led by Olsen; a teardown found no Venezuelan-code but East Asian-packaged chips. A September White House meeting discussed the Venezuelan-code theory, but no action followed.
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