Cybersecurity is focus to protect voter information, track ballots for Wisconsin’s Elections Commission

Cybersecurity is a focus for state election officials as voters prepare to cast their ballot on Tuesday.

Officials from the state Elections Commission said they have been bolstering security and coordinating with several state and federal agencies to ensure voter information is safe and Wisconsin’s elections are transparent and fair.

Wisconsin is one of several states that has accepted help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to protect its computer systems that handle voter information and ballots. Commission spokesman Reid Magney said it is also working with the state Department of Administration’s Division of Enterprise Technology, which administers the computer systems for elections; the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, local district attorneys’ offices and the state Attorney General’s office to plan for scenarios that could arise on Election Day.

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