Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced a statewide initiative Tuesday to combat misinformation surrounding the 2020 general election. Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Counter Terrorism and Threat Prevention for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Nathan Blumenthal, has headed the operation known as Rapid Response Election Security Cyber Unit (RESCU). OF STATE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON 'ELECTION MISINFORMATION,' REP. BUCK CALLS MOVE 'IRONIC'“There have been several things on social media, and it’s turned out that there is no evidence,” Griswold told Colorado Public Radio Thursday. Facts are better,” which aims to provide voters with guidance on how to spot misinformation and where to seek reliable sources, along with election information. “We need a commission to really move forward to make sure this attack on our nation’s democracy from foreign adversaries does not continually happen every election – that goes from home grown misinformation to the scanning of election infrastructure to the misinformation we’re seeing,” the secretary told the House’s subcommittee on election misinformation.

Source: Fox News October 20, 2020 22:52 UTC