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Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
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FILE - Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday's election. - photo by Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP, File
NEW YORK (AP) — When a suspicious video of ballots being ripped up in Pennsylvania gained attention on social media last October, federal agencies responded quickly and called it out as Russian disinformation. On Election Day in November, bomb threats to polling places in numerous states caused relatively few disruptions to voting. It's one of the many scenarios covered by the nation’s cybersecurity agency in its outreach to state and local officials.