Palmer: False election claims undermine efforts to increase security
The biggest threat facing U.S. elections is not voter fraud but disinformation and misinformation increasingly undermining the public’s perception of voting security, a top U.S. election official says.
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Donald Palmer recently met with state and local election officials at the Iowa State Professional Association Conference in preparation for the 2024 general election.
Palmer talked about the commission’s commitment to secure, accurate, accessible and transparent elections — issues that are top of mind for many voters in Iowa.
He recently spoke with The Gazette about efforts to improve the manufacturing and testing of voting machines in the United States, including new standards for the next generation of voting systems across the country with improved cybersecurity, accessibility and usability requirements.
Palmer was nominated by former President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2019 for the four-member commission.
The commission was created as part of the Help America Vote Act passed by Congress following the many issues raised and litigated in the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The commission sets standards for voting systems and supports states with other aspects of election administration, including distributing federal funds. It also publishes widely used voting data, and maintains the national mail voter...
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