ADThe hearing comes as a Democrat-led Congress tees up a new round of efforts to improve election security in the aftermath of a fiercely disputed 2020 election. That includes combating election fraud claims that overshadowed the “herculean” efforts of election officials during the coronavirus pandemic, Hovland says. Despite the last-minute infusion of funding into election security in 2020, historically sporadic investments by Congress into election security have left states wary of what kind of federal assistance they will get before the next election, Hovland said. A new report from the nonpartisan nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology also calls for increased funding for the commission as part of election cybersecurity improvements. Natarajan worked in former president Barack Obama’s National Security Council as its critical infrastructure policy director.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2021 12:33 UTC