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Democratic Task Force Seeks $400 Million For State Elections Security

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 20th, 2017

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Democratic Task Force Seeks $400 Million For State Elections Security

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Leaders of a House Democratic task force that has warned the nation’s elections infrastructure is susceptible to potential cyber breaches have asked the House Appropriations Committee to provide $400 million for states to better secure their election systems.“Our findings demonstrate that there is an urgent need for federal funding to help states secure their elections,” Reps. Robert Brady (Pa.) and Bennie Thompson (Miss.), said in a Nov. 16 letter to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the appropriations panel. The…

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