Blunt to schedule election security hearing, points to new House subcommittee for further action

Senate Rules Chairman Roy Blunt (R-MO) said Tuesday that he is “looking at” setting up a hearing on election security as part of an “after-action” process to evaluate the security of the 2018 midterm election systems, as the House moves to examine the issue as well, with efforts likely to get underway early in 2019.

“I don’t think we’ve set up a hearing yet, but we are looking at that,” Blunt told Inside Cybersecurity. “We’re going to be looking at...