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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- Read OriginalThis DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.propublica.org
- Read OriginalDHS Official Responsible for Election Security Previously Called to Ban Voting Machinestruthout.org
