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Election Security

Protecting election systems from cyberattacks and foreign interference.

  1. 2026

    2 items
    House committee sets CISA budget cut at $135M
    Federal cuts to election security concern secretaries of state
    CISA halts support for states on election security
    Feb 20

    Trump eliminates CISA's election security program, cuts election grants 40%

    Program provided real-time threat intelligence to 4,000 election offices nationwide

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    Kristi Noem
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    Gary Peters
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    5 figures

  2. 2025

    3 items
    CISA projected to lose a third of its workforce under Trump's 2026 budget
    Trump's CISA budget lays out deep job cuts, program reductions
    Trump's Budget Slashes CISA Workforce, Programs
    May 2

    Trump budget proposes major CISA cuts and elimination of election-security program

    Cybersecurity agency faces staff and funding reductions despite rising digital threats

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    Kristi Noem
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Key figures in Election Security

10 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Kristi Noem
Secretary of Homeland Security (2025)
Al Schmidt
Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth
Brian Jack
Member of Congress
Chris Krebs
Former CISA Director (fired November 2020)
CISA
Department of Homeland Security
Gary Peters
Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member (D-MI)
Jen Easterly
Former CISA Director (departed January 2025)
state and local election officials