U.S. Cybersecurity Chief: No Chance Enemies Can Change Election Results

With Election Day approaching, the head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reassuring Americans that they can have confidence in the integrity of the election results, despite widespread election disinformation and distrust, Christina A. Cassidy and Ali Swenson reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Easterly's comments contrast with the doubts held by millions of Americans, particularly Republicans, since the 2020 election when former President Donald Trump refused to accept his loss.

Jen Easterly, CISA's director, stated that state and local election officials have made significant progress in securing voting systems, ballot counting, and other election infrastructure, making the system more robust than ever before.

As a result, she asserted, there is no way Russia, Iran, or any other foreign adversary could alter the election results.

“Malicious actors, even if they tried, could not have an impact at a scale that would materially affect the election outcome,” Easterly told AP in an interview.

Easterly’s confidence comes amid warnings from intelligence officials about increasing efforts by foreign adversaries to influence voters, deepen political divides, and undermine trust in US elections.

Her comments contrast with the doubts held by millions of Americans, particularly Republicans, since the 2020 election when former President Donald Trump refused to accept his loss.

Trump has continued to promote false claims of voter fraud, setting the stage to dispute the election results again if he loses this November.