Iowa's top elections official concerned over cybersecurity funding pause

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "I personally prefer my approach, and that is one where we deal with all this at the voter registration level, rather than the day they're voting, because then we can do it in a much more user-friendly approach.
53% : Krebs, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, countered Trump in 2020 after the president falsely claimed that he had won that year's election.
47% : Pate said compiling the list was necessary after his office was not granted access to a federal program that stores information about noncitizens on public assistance programs called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, or SAVE.
40% : " Last month, the Associated Press reported the Trump administration had cut about $10 million in funding that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provides to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, which helps businesses and governments protect themselves against cyber threats. Trump also called Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into CISA Director Chris Krebs, according to NBC.
40% : " Pate also doubled down on his support for a slate of election-related bills making their way through both chambers of the Iowa Legislature, including House File 954, which addresses elections laws regarding voter registration, citizenship and major party status.

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