Republicans offer election-security plan as Democratic bill heads to House floor

Republicans on the House Administration Committee have crafted their own election-security bill with cyber provisions, framing it as a helping hand to state election officials that stands in sharp contrast to a mandate-heavy Democratic measure the House will consider this week.

The bill introduced Friday by House Administration ranking member Rodney Davis (R-IL), the “Election Security Assistance Act,” includes grants to replace aging election infrastructure and other provisions designed to help state and local election officials in their cybersecurity...