In future elections, federal officials predict repeat of 2020 threats
From left: Ricky Hatch, clerk and auditor of Weber County, Utah; Geoff Hale, director of the election security initiative at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Cynthia Kaiser, section chief in the FBI cyber division; and David Imbordino, election security lead at the National Security Agency speak at the National Association of Counties conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on July 8. (Scoop News Group)
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Three federal cybersecurity officials told a roomful of county IT personnel Thursday that many of the threats to election security that manifested last year are likely to repeat themselves in future cycles.
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Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) delivered this opening statement at today’s hearing on elections. Davis’ remarks focus on the federal election mandates, public funding of campaigns, and attacks on the First Amendment within H.R. 1, which is scheduled to be on the floor next week without going through a markup.
Davis has invited the only witness today who has experience running elections to testify about the real-life impact H.R. 1 would have on states and localities working to administer elections. The written testimony for Ricky Hatch, who is the County Clerk/Auditor for Weber County, Utah, can be found HERE.
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