Biden Administration taps a top Republican official to lead election security

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Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Tuesday was named to a top post overseeing election security within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.





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Wyman told NPR in August that the nonstop conspiracy theories around the 2020 ballot were exhausting for election officials such as her.

«It doesn’t matter what I present to critics or challengers. It doesn’t matter what the answer is. It will always be something new,» Wyman said. «It’s never-ending. And that’s what worries me about 2020: How do we move on from here?»

Wyman, who is the sole Republican to hold statewide office in Washington, is nationally regarded as an expert on mail-in balloting and security.

Following record low voting turn out across the state in 2016, Wyman was instrumental in modernizing the Washington’s voter registration database. That included enacting same-day voter registration, automatic voter registration, and a future voter program that pre-registers 16 and 17 years olds to vote.

• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency


• election security


• voter fraud