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States, Feds Unite on Election Security After '16 Clashes
States, Feds Unite on Election Security After '16 Clashes
States, Feds Unite on Election Security After '16 Clashes
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Election officials and federal cybersecurity agents are touting improved collaboration aimed at confronting and deterring efforts to tamper with elections. The only way to go was up. In 2016, amid Russian meddling, federal officials first were accused of being too tight-lipped on intelligence about possible hacking into state systems and later cr