DHS Official Oversees Election Security Amid Controversy

David Harvilicz was appointed in July as DHS assistant secretary overseeing election infrastructure, including voting-machine cybersecurity, and co-founded Tranquility AI with James Penrose. He has publicly called for banning voting machines and his team reportedly aided data-gathering efforts that flagged hundreds as potential noncitizens, prompting experts to warn his role could undermine trust and politicize election security assessments.
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