Election officials are confronting a growing number of “insider threats” leading to attempted or successful election security breaches aided by local officials
Beyond security breaches, other insider efforts to undermine elections have sprouted. In New Mexico last month, the board of commissioners in Otero County — a predominantly Republican county along the state’s southern border with Texas — refused to certify primary election results, citing unfounded claims about the security of voting machines that are“What’s clear is this is a nationally coordinated effort,” said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat.
Election officials fear the handful of publicly disclosed incidents over the last two years are only the start of a wave ahead of the 2022 and 2024 elections. “It can create a domino effect, because if one county successfully manages to tank their election by not certifying it, we’re gonna see copycats,” said New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat and former president of NASS who sued to force certification last month.Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, said he’s seen the copycat trend already.
Some election officials, while concerned about the breaches around the country, said that similar problems haven’t popped up in their state. But others are preparing aggressively — especially in states that already suffered a notable breach. “We always had various redundancies and protocols in place to minimize against the prospect of an insider threat … But I think how it’s changed is preparing,” said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat.
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