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BullNBear52

06/21/17 6:37 PM

#270426 RE: Mariner* #270425

It's a state / local issue. As I said my county records paper ballots along with the electronic vote.

The Feds tried to step in and help local governments out and they simply refused.

He said he considered having elections systems designated as “critical infrastructure,” a classification that would allow for the same cybersecurity protections available to the financial services and transportation sectors.

But the reactions to that idea, at least from several state election officials who control elections, “ranged from neutral to negative,” Mr. Johnson said.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/us/politics/jeh-johnson-testimony-russian-election-hacking.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront