May 7, 2024
Daily News
DHS convenes series of meetings to establish election-sector cyber coordinating council
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and DHS officials met with state election officials throughout the weekend to establish a Sector Coordinating Council for election security, and to discuss further steps to ensure the security of voting during the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
“The American public’s confidence that their vote counts -- and is counted correctly -- relies on secure election infrastructure,” Nielsen said in a statement. “The first primaries of the 2018 midterm election cycle are just around the corner,...