Dominion Voting Systems, one of the top voting machine companies in the United States, has been waging an all-out campaign to silence its critics, according to a lawsuit filed in a Colorado district court. The litigants, including high-profile attorneys like Alan Dershowitz and former “Stop the Steal” attorney Kurt Olsen, are claiming that Dominion’s “cease-and-desist” letter campaign was an indiscriminate tactic meant to intimidate critics into silence. Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that the campaign violates laws against such coordinated behavior in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) Act, according to the Colorado Gazette. “The named plaintiffs to the class action lawsuit, all of whom are in Michigan, allege Dominion has violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act — typically used to prosecute gangs, cartels and the Mafia — by sending cease and desist letters to those who defamed the company,” the Gazette notes. The judge in the case, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer, on Monday issued an order to the plaintiffs to explain why he should not dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. According to the Colorado Gazette, the judge’s concern fell on “narrow, technical grounds.” He instructed the plaintiffs to establish that “their fixed residence, or domicile, was different from that of Dominion’s.” Secretive, profit-driven voting machine companies have sought to avoid public scrutiny in the aftermath of the contested 2020 election. However, there are growing concerns that private voting machine companies represent unaccountable, non-transparent “black boxes” at the heart of what should be the people’s democratic elections. The backstory on the lawsuit facing Dominion Voting Systems is interesting because the people targeted for the cease-and-desist letters were not necessarily public figures. More at link.