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<span>Election Security<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Secretaries of State are scrambling to replace cybersecurity services once provided by CISA and other federal agencies. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/87649\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" 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Voters head to the polls to fill the house seat left vacant after the resignation of Republican Mark Green. (Photo by Jon Cherry\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"71.83360042735\"><body readability=\"145.49717022203\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government\u2019s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year.<\/p>\n<p>While his first term included the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the distribution of hundreds of millions in congressional funding sent to help states upgrade election security, Trump\u2019s second term has so far been more adversarial toward states.<\/p>\n<p>As CyberScoop and others have reported, CISA has scaled back its election security support \u2013 in some cases <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/dhs-secretary-nominee-kristi-noem-disinformation-misinformation\/\">shuttering<\/a> work on topics like disinformation \u2014 while firing or <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-misinformation-disinformation-administrative-leave\/\">sidelining<\/a> election security specialists at the agency. The administration is also pursuing voter data from all 50 states, an effort that has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data\/\">been called<\/a> \u201cunprecedented and illegal\u201d by one court. <\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats, including California Sen. Alex Padilla, have been sharply critical of the federal government\u2019s support for elections under the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cuts to CISA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-operational-strength-despite-cuts-nicholas-andersen-billington-cybersecurity-summit\/\">funding and staff<\/a>, combined with the absence of dedicated congressional funding for election security grants, have \u201ccreated a scenario where states may feel a lot more like they\u2019re going it alone than as opposed to working in partnership,\u201d said Padilla. The current senator served as Secretary of State for California before being appointed in 2021 to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein. <\/p>\n<p>Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was discussing the status of a $650,000 package moving through the Arizona legislature with an aide when CyberScoop approached him for an interview at the National Association of Secretaries of State winter conference.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes said the spending package (which passed later that day) would help Arizona patch vulnerabilities and recover from last year\u2019s cyberattack on the state\u2019s online portal for political candidates. The attack also defaced state websites with pro-Iranian propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>The $650,000 appropriation is part of a larger $3.4 million pool the legislature approved last year to strengthen cybersecurity in the state\u2019s election system ahead of a special election in the 7<sup>th<\/sup> congressional district. Because turnout in that election was low, some of the money was left unspent and would otherwise go unused. Fontes said his office made a \u201cvery clear\u201d case in a December letter outlining the significant investments Arizona still needs to make to secure its elections.<\/p>\n<p>The money, while welcome, \u201cis not going to go anywhere near supporting all the other programs that we need for elections to go well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were saying \u2018Hey, let us use [the leftover money] for elections, let us rebuild our cybersecurity infrastructure\u2019\u2026 that\u2019s $2.8 million dollars worth of other stuff that would help counties,\u201d said Fontes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arizona is one of several states scrambling to find new ways to pay for election security as the federal government pulls back. States are now relying on just $45 million in federal election security grant funding from the Election Assistance Commission\u2014 less than $1 million per state on average\u2014 while election-security expertise at CISA has been sharply reduced. <\/p>\n<p>Some states are turning to local sources to fill in gaps in information sharing. West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner told CyberScoop he had just completed his first tour of all 55 country clerks in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all have cell phone numbers for me, for Dave [Tackett, chief information officer] and my chief of staff,\u201d Warner said. \u201cWe\u2019re in close contact if there\u2019s a concern [around] the risks and points of entry that may affect all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Warner\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.wv.gov\/news\/Pages\/01-09-26-A.aspx\">helped distribute<\/a> $272,000 in Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grant funding to six counties, who added another $323,000 in matching funds, to upgrade voting systems, enhancing ID printer capabilities to strengthen voter identification procedures and other tasks.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.wv.gov\/news\/Pages\/01-21-26-B.aspx\">lack of poll workers<\/a> is one of the state\u2019s biggest challenges ahead of this year\u2019s elections. Warner\u2019 said his office is backing several bills to address it, including one that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdtv.com\/2026\/01\/27\/west-virginia-secretary-state-proposes-poll-worker-tax-credit\/\">create a new tax credit<\/a> for poll workers and another that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acslaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Youth-Poll-Workers.pdf\">let 15- or 16-year-olds<\/a> receive poll worker training.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House and federal officials have attempted to downplay reports of a fraying relationship. In January, acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala told Congress that claims DHS or CISA have rolled back their election security practices were \u201cnot accurate,\u201d citing ongoing support to states around cybersecurity support, physical security guidance, incident response services and threat briefings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe treat election security like any other infrastructure sector and our election security services remain fully in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>That statement directly contradicts what many state and local officials <a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/federal-cuts-election-security-secretaries-state-2025\/\">have said<\/a> over the past year: that communication and support from CISA and the federal government have either shrunk or are completely absent compared to previous election cycles.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brenna Nelson of the National Conference of State Legislatures, CISA performed 1,300 physical security assessments, 700 cybersecurity assessments and 500 election security trainings for election jurisdictions across the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/state-legislatures-news\/details\/as-federal-support-for-elections-evolves-states-adapt-to-close-emerging-gaps\">between 2017 and 2025.<\/a> Support and services related to cybersecurity that election offices have used for the past seven years are \u201cless available\u201d now, as \u201cthe agency is not prioritizing elections in the same way it has since 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For many state officials, the change from CISA came suddenly and with no warning, giving them little time to make alternative plans. Speaking to StateScoop last year, Nevada Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said \u201cwe didn\u2019t even have the foreknowledge to be able to relay to our legislature that we were going to be losing out on a lot of these tools and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tackett, said cyber hygiene scans were the only recurring services they relied on CISA for, and the office has become proficient in tapping other local or regional sources \u2014 like information sharing and analysis centers, fusion centers, local university research centers and the National Guard \u2013 for no cost services around election security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Because of this, Tackett said the state\u2019s relationship with CISA hasn\u2019t been impacted as much as other states. However, he also said that when it comes to incident response and intel sharing, the relationship has \u201cmaybe diminished somewhat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fontes was blunt, saying there has been \u201cno change\u201d in his state\u2019s relationship with CISA since he spoke out in frustration last year, either in terms of outreach or technical assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf somebody said it\u2019s business as usual, he\u2019s full of s\u2014t and lying,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.2885906040268\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-secure-software-buying-tool-had-a-simple-xss-vulnerability-of-its-own\/\"> CISA\u2019s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-plankey-re-nominated-to-lead-cisa\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-3.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=505,337 505w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=1012,675 1012w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/as-feds-pull-back-states-look-inward-for-election-security-support-6.jpg?resize=1264,843 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. 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