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States Reject DHS Voter Data Access Amid Election-Security Cuts

6/16/2026

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Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, said DHS agents will be placed at polling sites when a threat exists.
Officials Matt Crane (Colorado) and Paul Lux (Florida) say they will not share voter data with DHS for 2026 midterms.
After most election-security staff left the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last year, 2025 cuts reduced the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center to under 20 % of its size.

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Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, said DHS agents will be placed at polling sites when a threat exists.
Officials Matt Crane (Colorado) and Paul Lux (Florida) say they will not share voter data with DHS for 2026 midterms.
After most election-security staff left the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last year, 2025 cuts reduced the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center to under 20 % of its size.