Nextgov: Less than 20 percent of states have asked the Homeland Security Department for help assessing the security of machines at the polls and for scans of online voter registration databases ahead of the presidential election, a DHS official says.
DHS, the federal agency tasked with protecting U.S. networks, on Friday issued a statement reflecting a respect for the independence and reliability of state election systems but also a word of caution about the magnitude of the cyber threats menacing the 2016 race.
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