FILE - A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County Election preparation Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Ga. A group of state election officials is urging the nation's cybersecurity agency to revise a draft rule that would require election offices to disclose suspected cyber attacks to the federal government, casting the mandate as too burdensome on overworked local officials. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
FILE - Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks at a meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. A group of state election officials is urging the nation's cybersecurity agency to revise a draft rule that would require election offices to disclose suspected cyber attacks to the federal government, casting the mandate as too burdensome on overworked local officials. Easterly said in an interview Wednesday, July 10, 2024, that her agency would consider the feedback and adjust as necessary. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)