Trump's federal shake-up sparks concerns among election experts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : David Levine, a senior fellow at the University of Maryland's Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement and a former election official, said the administration's recent moves make U.S. elections "more vulnerable to attacks by malign actors, including foreign adversaries." "My concerns are that the recent efforts by the administration to dismantle federal election efforts raise questions about our ability to protect elections, our ability to combat disinformation, our ability for the federal government to provide security resources to state and local partners, to give specialized assistance and to be able to coordinate efforts to manage risk with election infrastructure," Levine said. CISA's mission is to defend the country's most important infrastructure, including election infrastructure.
46% : " The second Trump administration, with the help of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has looked to reduce the size of the federal workforce to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, and has landed its sights on agencies like CISA.
43% : "And especially since 2016, when election security was thrust into the spotlight more following more high-profile attempts by foreign adversaries to intervene in the process, the federal government has stepped in to fill this role.
33% : CISA not only helps defend election infrastructure but has also worked to tackle election disinformation and misinformation, though Trump and the agency haven't always seen eye to eye.

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