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Smartmatic, a voting machine company used only by Los Angeles county in the 2020 election, filed a spate of lawsuits in 2021 alleging it was defamed by conservative media networks, personalities and allies of former President Donald Trump.

Herring Networks also faces a lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, a popular voting machine company that made headlines for securing a massive $787.5 million settlement last year from Fox News in a defamation claim.

At least eight other defamation cases from the voting machine companies are working their way through the judicial system this year, too.

The company’s suit against Fox News in New York remains in discovery as that network also pursues a counterclaim against Smartmatic.

Dominion’s case against Newsmax has been delayed by discovery fights and is not expected to see a trial until sometime next year.

The voting machine company’s suits against prominent election deniers Lindell, former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne continue to work their way through the discovery process in a federal court in Washington, D.C., alongside its OANN lawsuit.

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