The threat environment for the 2024 election cycle is considered to be very high as bad actors, both foreign and domestic, could seek to disrupt U.S. voting systems.
Still, state officials say they have tools at their disposal to ensure the 2024 election is safe and accurate.
In January of 2017, the Obama administration designated the country’s election infrastructure as critical. That move added federal protections, including allowing Secretaries of State, nationwide, to receive classified information about specific threats.
“Most of the information that we get from the federal government tends to be big picture and it tends to be more focused on foreign rogue actors, foreign nations that are unfriendly to the United States,” said Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams.
Potential threats to this year’s election include cyber-attacks, misinformation campaigns, and possible physical violence at polling places or state houses.
Adams already has firsthand experience in this area.
“I got sworn in the second time on January 2, and the next day, a bomb threat shut down our building, disrupting important government activities… Unfortunately, we do get threats of violence against me personally and against my staff,” Adams told CBN News.
In Kansas, Secretary of State Scott Schwab says
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