Democratic Reps wants to commit $400 million to secure future elections from hackers

A panel of Democratic Reps wants to commit $400 million to secure future elections from hackers. That $400 million is what’s left over in appropriated funds from the 2002 Help America Vote Act, which focused on making voting easier for people with disabilities. The money could be used to replace outdated and unsecure voting machines that lack paper receipts for votes, the Democrats’ independent election security task force said in a Nov 20 letter to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee. The letter comes less than a week after the task force, which includes no Republican members and is not officially sanctioned by the House, released a set of preliminary findings from five months of hearings and analysis.