To the Editor:Re “That Extra $250 Million to Protect the Elections? bar code ballot marking devices, no more secure than the equipment it would be replacing. Indeed it is fortunate that the appropriation is so small and inadequate. But to characterize Mr. McConnell as somehow caving to pressure and doing the right thing here is as inaccurate as it is naïve. The writer is the author of “Code Red: Computerized Elections and the War on American Democracy.”To the Editor:Re “Now McConnell Backs Funding to Protect Vote” (news article, Sept. 20):Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has just allowed a bill to give states $ 250 million to improve election security.

Source: New York Times October 06, 2019 15:56 UTC