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States Short of Funds to Replace Outdated Election Systems, DHS Official Warns

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 24th, 2018

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A top Department of Homeland Security official says that states do not have enough funds to replace outdated voting systems ahead of the midterm elections in November. Christopher Krebs, DHS undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, says that all 50 states’ election systems may have been subjected to cyber scanning by Russian actors in the 2016 election, underscoring the need to replace vulnerable voting infrastructure. “There are challenges from a procurement perspective. There’s also the challenge of its frankly not…

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