House Republicans propose eliminating funding for election security

A key House panel has zeroed out funding for federal grants that would send tens of millions of dollars to state and local governments to improve the security of their election infrastructure, while slashing funds for the federal agency charged with disbursing them. This week, Republican leaders on the House Appropriations Committee released an appropriations bill that would reject a $96 million request from the Biden administration for grant funding through the Help America Vote Act, which has funneled billions in federal dollars to states and localities since 2002 to replace voting machines, train workers, harden the security of election systems and meet other election administration needs. Derek B. Johnson, Cyberscoop.

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