https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dominion-voting-systems-acquired-by-its-management-team-and-staple-street-capital-300681752.html

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Dominion Voting Systems

Jul 16, 2018, 19:02 ET

NEW YORK, July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Dominion Voting Systems ("Dominion Voting") announces that it has been acquired by its management team and Staple Street Capital, a leading New York-based, middle-market private equity firm.

Dominion Voting is a top provider of election tabulation solutions to government customers. The company's scalable and customizable platform holds industry-leading certifications and provides accessibility and efficiency at the state and local levels.

Dominion Voting CEO and President John Poulos said, "Our senior management team is extremely pleased to partner with Staple Street Capital, which has a proven track record of successfully investing in growing mid-size businesses. Given the opportunities on our horizon, this is the ideal time for us to add financial resources and an experienced strategic partner to help us meet market demand, better serve customers and invest in evolving security initiatives."

Staple Street Capital co-founder and Managing Director Hootan Yaghoobzadeh said, "John Poulos and his team have done an excellent job of building Dominion Voting into one of the most trusted providers of voting solutions in North America. We are excited to partner with him and the Dominion Voting team as they embark on their next phase of growth and continue their innovative and customer-centric strategy."

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Dominion Voting. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and McMillan LLP advised Staple Street Capital.

About Dominion Voting Systems

Dominion Voting Systems is a leading provider of hardware and software election tabulation solutions in the U.S. and Canada. More information: www.dominionvoting.com.

https://tricitytimes-online.com/2020/10/28/imlay-city-clerk-staff-ready-for-election-day/

IMLAY CITY — The accuracy of Tuesday’s (Nov. 3) voting process will be of the highest priority to Imlay City Clerk/Treasurer Dawn Sawicki-Franz, her fellow staff and election volunteers at the Imlay City Hall.

On Monday, Oct. 26, voting machines arrived at the hall and an expert was on hand to test out the equipment to ensure it operates accurately and effectively on election day.

Steve DeLongchamp of Grand Rapids-based ElectionSource said his job is to conduct preliminary tests designed to assure that voting machines’ terminals and tabulators are working properly and that they meet all conditions required by the State of Michigan.

DeLongchamp said he services about 300 jurisdictions throughout Michigan, including the majority of Lapeer County election sites.

The accuracy of this year’s voting has been called into question by some and Sawicki-Franz wants Imlay City residents to know their votes will be counted.

She pointed out that continuing coronavirus concerns and a highly motivated public have resulted in unprecedented numbers of votes being cast prior to the Nov. 3 election.

“About 71% of our absentee ballots have been turned in already,” Sawicki-Franz said, adding there has been a marked increase in first-time voters.

“We’re getting a lot of people who have never registered to vote before,” she said. “I see people of all ages coming in, young and older.

“In one week, we had 50 people register that had never voted before.”

https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20200212/judge-greenlights-seawall-to-save-west-olive-cottages-over-neighbors-objections

Feb 12, 2020 at 6:00 PM

GRAND HAVEN — The owners of two cottages in Grand Haven Township can begin building a seawall to protect their precariously perched houses from the threat of further erosion, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Members of a nearby homeowner’s association fought the seawall in court last week, urging the judge to block it from being constructed.

The Dunes Homeowners’ Association and Linda Duke, the woman who holds the title to the beach land below the cottages, said the seawall couldn’t be built on the beach without their consent.

They argued, among other concerns, that the seawall would block their access to the beach. Use of the beach is shared by residents of the Dunes subdivision and several beachfront cottages, just south of Little Pigeon Creek.

The judge’s order gives the two homeowners, Susan Wittenbach and Jeff DeLongchamp, permission to start work on the rock revetment immediately. Wittenbach and DeLongchamp, who are next-door neighbors, have already acquired permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.