The top elections official in Kansas is pushing to make the state's central voter registration database more secure by changing how counties tap into it.
Secretary of State Scott Schwab has told county election officials that he wants them to use dedicated tablets, laptops or computers not linked to their counties' networks to access the state's voter registration database. He says Kansas is getting $8 million in federal election security funds that could be used to cover the costs.
Still, even some county election officials who agree that Schwab's initiative would make voter registration records more secure see it as a huge undertaking, incorporating the different computer and voting systems of 105 counties. “Right now, counties maintain that list on a county computer that can, maybe, be touched by the appraiser's office, where some young intern clicks on an email that says, ‘Click here for a free X-Box,’" Schwab said. “This is probably the best way that we can defend our database.”
Schwab's initiative raises eyebrows because he's facing criticism on another front from Democrats and some officials of both parties in Sedgwick County, which is home to the state's largest city, Wichita. Schwab has said it will take another year to implement a 2019 law that will permit counties to allow voters to cast their ballots at any polling place on Election Day.
Schwab's initiative is a one reason Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman opposed and effectively killed a bipartisan bill this year to require her county to let voters cast their ballots at any polling place in this year's elections. She said in an interview that her office is already going to have to change its operations because of Schwab's security plans.
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