H.I.G.%2520McCarthy

https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/H.I.G.%20McCarthy,%20&%20Staple%20Street%20letters.pdf
December 6, 2019
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Election security experts have noted for years that our nation's election systems and
infrastructure are under serious threat. In January 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security designated the United States' election infrastructure as "critical infrastructure" in order
to prioritize the protection of our elections and to more effectively assist state and local election officials in addressing these risks. However, voting machines are reportedly falling apart across
the country, as vendors neglect to innovate and improve important voting systems, putting our
elections at avoidable and increased risk. In 2015, election officials in at least 31 states,
representing approximately 40 million registered voters, reported that their voting machines
needed to be updated, with almost every state "using some machines that are no longer
manufactured." Moreover, even when state and local officials work on replacing antiquated
machines, many continue to "run on old software that will soon be outdated and more vulnerable to hackers."

In 2018 alone "voters in South Carolina [were] reporting machines that switched their votes after they'd inputted them, scanners [were] rejecting paper ballots in Missouri, and busted machines [were] causing long lines in Indiana." In addition, researchers recently uncovered previously undisclosed vulnerabilities in "nearly three dozen backend election systems in 10 states." And, just this year, after the Democratic candidate's electronic tally showed he received an improbable 164 votes out of 55,000 cast in a Pennsylvania state judicial election in 2019, the county's Republican Chairwoman said, " [ n ]othing went right on Election Day. Everything went wrong. That's a problem." These problems threaten the integrity of our elections and demonstrate the importance of election systems that are strong, durable, and not vulnerable to attack.
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Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Ron Wyden, Mark Pocan - Senators, US Congress

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But, we are assured there is no evidence...