The legislation: Congress’ Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act (ALERTS Act)
The government disclosure requirement:
- Disclosue to state and local officials and Members of Congress i
- Disclose credible evidence of an unauthorized intrusion into an election system
- If they have a reasonable basis to believe that such intrusion could have resulted in voter information being altered or otherwise affected.
- Rquires state & local officials to alert potentially affected voters
How quickly does notice need to occur?
- promptly alert
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