Kelly Meixler
https://ncelections.substack.com/p/unprotected-and-unseen-navajo-countys
In Navajo County, where rural polling sites span vast reservation lands and turnout hovers at 22.6% amid procedural lapses, election security feels like an afterthought. The county’s ES&S tabulators and electronic poll books—running on 2006-era firmware with vendor disclaimers against viruses—lack the federal safeguards that once buffered against hacks. Now, with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Albert sensors gutted, the SolarWinds breach’s lessons ignored, and Chinese-sourced components in voting hardware, residents face a system more vulnerable than ever.
