Georgia’s Sec of State told everyone any federal help during elections could be considered a federal takeover and all is well. Then months later news broke that 6.7 million Georgia voter info records and poll workers info (passwords and other critical data) were left vulnerable to be copied under his watch.
Now he wants to be Governor- PB/TK
Georgia elections chief plans changes after security issues – By Kathleen Foody / July 15 2017
Georgia’s top elections official stood out by refusing help from the Department of Homeland Security last August amid national concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections.
Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp called it an attempted federal takeover and insisted his office was already protecting Georgia’s vote from hackers.
That stance earned him national media coverage ahead of his campaign for governor. But Kemp’s assurances threatened to become a liability after new details emerged last month about major security mistakes at the center managing Georgia’s election technology. It turns out that the contractor left critical data wide open for months on the internet, and that for the second time under Kemp’s tenure, the personal information of every Georgia voter was exposed.
With his critics demanding accountability, Kemp announced Friday that he plans to bring the center’s operations in-house within a year. His brief statement made no mention of the security flaws, saying “the ever-changing landscape of technology demands that we change with it.”
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