Was Mat Masterson Replaced By Paul Ryan

The official recently replaced atop the u s.

Was mat masterson replaced by paul ryan.

The news of house speaker paul ryan s decision inspired alarm among digital security advocates and democratic election officials. Election assistance commission eac is joining the department of homeland security to protect elections from cyber threats the hill has learned. When masterson wrote an opinion piece for the hill he said the eac. Pablo martinez monsivais ap photo ryan move to replace election.

But merrill and other state election officials tpm spoke to stopped short of accusing republicans of any nefarious motives to hobble the eac or otherwise in seeking to replace masterson. Masterson originally was picked by former speaker john boehner a republican and fellow ohioan and nominated by former president barack obama a democrat before being confirmed unanimously by. The federal election assistance commission has neglected key responsibilities or ceded them to other agencies and two of its four commissioners are parroting the president s unfounded. Krebs made it clear that dhs which has at times encountered skepticism and pushback from state and local officials worried about a federal takeover of the election system will draw on.

House speaker paul ryan faced democratic criticism thursday after choosing not to renew the term of a federal agency head who has helped lead the charge on securing elections from hackers. Washington the former head of a federal agency helping u s. States protect election systems from hackers has been hired for a similar role within the trump administration after being passed up.