Feds Now Say State’s Voting System Not Hacked

Was it or wasn’t it? The U-S Department of Homeland Security now says the Russians did not try to hack the state’s voter registration system last year. However, an official told the state Elections Commission Tuesday that Russian government agencies scanned a system used by the state’s workforce development agency. The news came four days after Homeland Security told the state’s Election Commission that Wisconsin was among 21 states which had their voter systems hacked in the fall 2016 presidential contest. As Elections Commission chairman Mark Thomsen put it, “Either someone was right on Friday and this memo today is a coverup, or they were wrong on Friday and we deserve an apology.” Thomsen says the commission will now focus on making sure the state’s election computers are secure going into the 2020 elections.