America's underfunded elections: a national security risk we can't ignore - CommonWealth Beacon

America's underfunded elections: a national security risk we can't ignore - CommonWealth Beacon

IMAGINE THE US GOVERNMENT declared part of our critical national security infrastructure at risk — then offered barely $1 million per state last year to protect it. That’s not a hypothetical. That’s the reality of how we fund elections in America.  Our elections are the backbone of our democracy. They’ve been formally designated as critical infrastructure, alongside our power grid and water supply. Yet we treat them as an afterthought in our bud…