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Dane County elections committee calls for greater security for equipment, clerks

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Ken Mayer, a UW-Madison political science professor and chair of the committee, said the group decided early on that its focus would be on the physical safety of the elections process, noting that much past attention to election security has been on cybersecurity and information technology.

“The physical security of the process and the structures was also something that warranted a close look,” he said. “What we found is that those structures are not adequate for a function that has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security as a critical infrastructure.”