Top election official to lawmakers: We need help stopping Russian hackers - now

Minnesota’s top election official on Wednesday publicly pleaded with lawmakers to give him permission to spend $1.5 million in federal funds to protect the state’s voter software from Russian hackers and anyone else trying to muck things up this election year.

“I have tried to sound the alarm without being alarmist,” Secretary of State Steve Simon said Wednesday. “I am today again sounding the alarm. We need these funds.”

https://www.twincities.com/2018/05/16/mn-elections-legislature-russian-hackers-voting/