A senior White House adviser tasked with investigating the 2020 election sought to remove Dominion Voting Systems machines from more than half of all US states, according to a Reuters exclusive published on 22 May 2026. The plan, driven by White House adviser Kurt Olsen, centred on asking whether the Commerce Department could declare Dominion's components national security risks, a move that would have effectively outlawed the machines from use in federal elections.
The idea emerged, sources said, as Olsen and other officials brainstormed about how the federal government could take control over elections from US states, an idea publicly aired by Trump. In 2024, at least 27 states relied on Dominion machines, and Olsen's plan, had it succeeded, would have upended the election infrastructure of the majority of the country ahead of the November midterms.
