Congressional Testimony: 2020 Election Security and Election Vendors

Elizabeth Howard, counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program and former deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Elections, testifies Jan. 9, 2020, at the Committee on House Administration’s hearing “2020 Election Security – Perspectives from Voting System Vendors and Experts.” Howard’s written testimony, below, discusses: election vendors’ critical role in election security and concerns about the lack of federal oversight of the vendors, recent progress in improving election security nationwide, and work left to do ahead of the 2020 election and beyond.