'Absurd': As 2024 Looms, Counties Won't Update Voting Tech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : At the recommendation of Washington's secretary of state, all but three of Washington's counties have installed a device called an Albert sensor, which monitors for intrusions on counties' internet networks.
53% : (In actuality, the CIS is a nonpartisan organization that works with national security agencies and receives federal funding.)
51% : Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs told the Spokesman-Review that "it's getting to the point now where I might have to introduce legislation for minimum standards of security [...]
49% : she wrote "Otherwise, why do the big national media attack their decisions?" In Washington, individual counties have the right to set policies about their internet security -- policies that include the Albert.

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