“Alarmed by cuts already made to federal agencies that help safeguard elections, and fearful that more could be coming, a bipartisan group of the nation’s top state election officials has appealed to Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, for help,” the New York Times reports.
“In a rare move, the ordinarily restrained National Association of Secretaries of State wrote to Ms.
Noem, the former South Dakota governor, on Friday asking that critical election programs and protections be spared during an upcoming agency review.”