Congress Airs Concerns Over U.S. Election Security, Funding
- Michigan Democrat, Kentucky Republican request funding
- Democrats call hearing to probe concerns about ballot mailing
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The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee queried a bipartisan duo of state officials in charge of overseeing elections over preparedness to maintain the integrity of the vote in face of security and funding concerns.
Online actors have tried to penetrate Kentucky’s election systems, Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, told lawmakers on the panel Friday. “We’ve not been breached but there has been a rattling of our doorknob, I’ll put it that way,” he said without providing details.