Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns

Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn’t mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states raises the prospect of multiple security concerns, including foreign or domestic disinformation campaigns that could sow doubt in the process as well as actual digital manipulation of vote tabulation. Intentionally false information and propaganda have been constant during the 2020 contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, including threatening but fake emails that were sent to Democratic voters last month that U.S. officials have linked to Iran.