Democratic lawmakers emerged from the world’s largest hacker conference this weekend with a clear message: Congress must pass legislation to mandate better U.S. election security
, not the federal government, should decide how to run their elections.
“The federal government certainly has [a] responsibility to make sure that we have strong election security all over America,” he said after he and a group of congressional staffers met with cyber experts. “No state has a right to have voting machines that can be easily hacked.”Lieu, Wyden and Rep.
Wyden told POLITICO that touring DEF CON’s Voting Village, which was crowded with election equipment and hackers eager to break into it, was an eye-opening experience.
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