LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Dominion Voting Systems has a new owner — a former Republican elected official — which prompted one Channel 13 viewer to write us and ask if Nevada would still use that equipment.

The short answer is yes.

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First, yes, Dominion has been purchased by Scott Leiendecker, a former St. Louis, Mo., elections official who was originally tapped to look into voting irregularities during the 2000 election.

That year, then-Vice President Al Gore went up against then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, an election that came down to the state of Florida. Bush was ultimately declared the winner, after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to a recount of Florida ballots.

Leiendecker was later appointed as ele

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