@MaierAmsden @finner @evan Is everything where it needs to be? Absolutely not. But by EVERY measure, election security in the US has made REMARKABLE, steady progress, and continues to do so. And this progress has been far more rapid and sustained that I thought possible a decade ago.

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan And this progress has been reflected in policies and practices across the board at the county, state, and federal levels. Elections are now considered part of national critical infrastructure, with national threat intelligence and guidance provided by CISA (something Trump cut back on, but, to his credit, he created the agency in the first place). Many states now prohibit paperless DRE and are rolling out RLAS. And cybersecurity practices have improved generally.

@finner @evan (I'm no exception. I want to believe it too! Both for personal/political reasons, and also because it would vindicate speculation that technical fraud is in US possible in practice. So I have to be doubly careful to not fool myself with ghosts in the data.)