LOADING ERROR LOADINGATLANTA (AP) — For election officials preparing for the 2024 presidential election, the list of security challenges just keeps growing. AdvertisementThe turmoil has contributed to a wave of retirements and resignations among election staff, creating a vacuum of institutional knowledge in some local election offices. “Election 2024 may be the first presidential election during which multiple authoritarian actors simultaneously attempt to interfere with and influence an election outcome,” Microsoft warned in a November threat assessment. In early September, election officials in Hinds County, Mississippi, were preparing for statewide elections when everything came to an abrupt halt. Despite all the challenges, Henderson said election officials are doing everything they can to prepare.

Source: Huffington Post December 28, 2023 15:26 UTC