State And Local Officials Wary Of Federal Government's Election Security Efforts
The federal government's new focus on election security has state and local officials concerned that they'll be told how to run their elections in the name of security.
FBI Director James Comey has warned that Russia will try once again to influence U.S. elections, possibly as early as next year. To prepare, the federal government has declared elections to be a part of the nation's critical infrastructure that demands special attention.
But the federal government's focus has state and local election officials, who are very protective of how they do things now, extremely nervous.
They're mainly concerned that the federal government will tell them how to run their elections — even down to where polling sites should be
