![Dominion Voting Systems sued Mike Lindell and MyPillow in February in United States federal court, seeking $1.3bn in damages and claiming the pillow company boosted sales by as much as 40 percent by echoing former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the US election was rigged [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/371103862.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Trump loyalist, is locked in a legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems.
![Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Robert Manfred said he decided that 'the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year’s All-Star Game and MLB Draft', adding that MLB 'fundamentally opposes restrictions to the ballot box' [File: John Amis/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MLB.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Georgia last week strengthened ID requirements for absentee ballots and shortened early voting periods for runoffs.
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Republicans who failed to overturn the election are now trying to prevent future defeats through voter suppression.
![A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Georgia [File: Ben Gray/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21004794069447.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The voting systems company says it was subject of a misinformation campaign by Trump and allies over the 2020 election.
![African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Reginald Jackson announces a boycott of Coca-Cola Co products outside the Georgia Capitol as Georgia legislators vote to approve new voting restrictions likely to disenfranchise Black voters [Jeff Amy/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21084615638541.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Bill targets surge in absentee voting by Democrats in the state Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election.
Why are most US states considering restrictions on the ability to register and vote?
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US intelligence agencies also found attempts by Iran, Venezuela and Hezbollah to meddle in the presidential election.
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The federal agency publishes footage of suspect whom they believe planted pipe bombs near Capitol Hill.
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In the wake of Trump’s 2020 election loss, Republican officials are proposing new measures to restrict voting access.
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Two counties in Georgia ask for over $15k in legal fees related to lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign.
![Dominion Voting Systems Inc’s defamation suit alleges Lindell, pictured standing outside the West Wing of the White House in January, repeatedly echoed the 'big lie' about election fraud in the United States despite knowing that no such fraud had occurred [File: Erin Scott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mikelindell.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The suit is the latest in multibillion-dollar court actions taken by voting machine companies after the 2020 election.
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