Election security cutbacks force local officials to go it alone

November 6, 2025

Election security cutbacks force local officials to go it alone

As local elections officials prepare for the 2025 elections, they’re facing the first major test without the federal cybersecurity and threat monitoring support they’ve relied on for years. Brianna Lennon, Missouri’s Boone County Clerk and member of the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) Executive Committee, spoke with Axios about the challenges she and her colleagues in the elections community are facing.


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