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Congress

Senate Intel Leads Say States To Face Future Election Interference

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

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Senate Intel Leads Say States To Face Future Election Interference

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.)

The Senate Intelligence Committee has not completed its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, but has gathered enough evidence to affirm that active measures by Russia will continue and state and local officials must take all steps to protect their voting systems for upcoming elections.Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Ranking Member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) confirmed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement that 21 states experienced electoral system interference and urged an aggressive, whole-of-government…

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