NDS vote.gov preview vs DOJ court claim

NDS built a preview replacement of the EAC’s vote.gov while DOJ reportedly told a court that voter-registration infrastructure “does not exist”

Evidence

• vote-gov.previews.ndstudio.gov appears in certificate-transparency logs (cert dated 2026-04-10) with live DNS and a Cloudflare Access gate. — Source: crt.sh CT logs; via The Drey Dossier
• vote.gov is owned by the Election Assistance Commission, not NDS. — Source: CISA dotgov-data
• The Department of Justice reportedly told a court the relevant voter-registration infrastructure does not exist, weeks after that preview cert. — Source: court filing (Common Cause v. DOJ) — exact docket citation pending; via The Drey Dossier

Involves

National Design Studio · vote.gov · Election Assistance Commission · Department of Justice · The Drey Dossier

Counter-evidence

A “preview” is not a launched site — frame as “NDS is building a preview,” not “NDS took over vote.gov.” The DOJ-statement pairing needs the exact docket and filing date to be airtight; until captured, the contrast is suggestive, not proven.