US officials now worry about election logistics more than hacking

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US officials now worry about election logistics more than hacking

Misinformation, poll worker shortages and US postal service slowdowns.

In a reversal from a few years ago, many officials who oversee US election technology and outside security experts now worry less about hacking in the November elections than about misinformation and logistics such as a shortage of poll workers and slowdowns at the US postal service. Though ...

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