Without Federal Help, State Officials Return to DIY Election Security – The Dispatch

Without Federal Help, State Officials Return to DIY Election Security  The Dispatch

A network of peers, nonprofits, and contractors is attempting to fill gaps left by the gutted federal agency responsible for election security. – Mark Sawyer – Start a free trial today for full access. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Since its birth in 2018, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has helped secure American elections against cyberattacks, bomb hoaxes, chemical attacks, deepfakes, and foreign disinformation. But this year, as early voting is underway across the nation, election officials are largely operating without CISA’s protective partnership. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search?

Mark Sawyer is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C., and the inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellow through The Fund for American Studies. He previously worked as an investigator and open-source intelligence analyst focused on a range of issues including election integrity, national security, and Russia's use of disinformation and the internet to pursue its foreign policy goals. His favorite professional experiences have been serving as an election observer in Ukraine and Moldova. When Mark is not going down rabbit holes for his latest article, you can probably find him experimenting in the kitchen, birdwatching in the city, or convincing his unsuspecting friends to play