While money for the nation's voting infrastructure made it into the big spending bill, Larry Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center, talks about the outlook for this year's primary and general elections and the threats of hacking or other threats to election security.
Now: @BrennanCenter's @LarryNorden talks about election security ahead of the midterms. Tune in @WNYC. pic.twitter.com/3N47Ep2qzE
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 2, 2018
@LarryNorden says there is "substantial evidence" that the Russians were "poking around" in 2016 -- particularly in registration systems. (Voting machines shouldn't be connected to the Internet, so it's more difficult to get to them -- tho not impossible.)
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 2, 2018
The Russians may not have changed any actual votes, but sowing doubt in our voting systems can be almost as damaging, says @LarryNorden.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 2, 2018