Judiciary panel members push for adding Secure Elections Act to defense bill on Senate floor

Senate Judiciary Committee members at a hearing today pushed for inclusion of election security provisions in the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act now on the Senate floor, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) -- a Judiciary member and top Democrat on the Senate Rules panel -- offered new details on plans for upcoming election hearings.

But the Secure Elections Act -- parts of which Klobuchar and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced as an amendment to the NDAA last week...