""While the states are taking valiant and expensive measures to protect their elections, it is impossible for states to independently obtain intelligence, subject-matter expertise, and real-time incident reporting, and information at the scale and speed required to protect state elections from physical and cyber threats.""
""Efforts under the Trump administration to scale back CISA and its election security resources have strained relationships with state and local officials and have raised concerns that jurisdictions may be far less prepared to counter threats in November.""
""The administration's fiscal 2027 budget proposal would eliminate the agency's election security program funding, including information-sharing efforts and election security advisor positions.""
""Foreign adversaries are expected to target the 2026 elections, as indicated by the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.""
Mark Warner is urging the Department of Homeland Security to address a significant decline in federal election security support as the 2026 midterms approach. He highlights that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is no longer providing adequate training, intelligence sharing, and cybersecurity assistance to state and local officials. The Trump administration's budget proposal for fiscal 2027 aims to eliminate funding for election security programs, raising alarms about preparedness against foreign adversaries targeting upcoming elections. Warner emphasizes the challenges states face in independently securing their elections without federal support.
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