Election Security Threats Loom As Midterms Near, State Officials Say

Route Fifty: The federal government is doing a better job providing information and money to states to help combat election security threats, but there’s still room for improvement, secretaries of state said here on Wednesday.

Secretaries of state from Minnesota, Missouri, and Vermont testified before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee about election security. The topic has gained attention at the state and federal levels in the wake of the 2016 election cycle when, according to U.S. intelligence officials, Russian-linked hackers probed election systems in at least 21 states.

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