House Dems release report, propose bill addressing election cyberthreats
House Democrats released a report and new legislation on Wednesday urgently calling for more attention and federal funding to the U.S. election process in order to stop foreign hacking and other interference. The bill and accompanying report mark the culmination of an eight-month effort by the Democratic Election Security Task Force to develop a plan to deal with election threats, and latest in a series of congressional legislative efforts to do so. Much of what the bill, the Election Security Act, is calling for has been covered by other legislation proposed in recent months. Those bills haven’t seen seen much progress in the way of being passed. The largest chunk of funding would be a $1 billion Election Assistance Commission grant available to states to replace old, insecure voting machines with machines that scan auditable paper ballots. The grant is limited to purchases from election vendors certified by the EAC and […]
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