Just another, oh, $1.675bn to go to defend systems, it is estimated
US lawmakers have formally earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars for an election security overhaul.
On Monday, the Republican-controlled Senate and Democrat-owned House of Reps struck a deal to designate $425m for protecting tallies and voter rolls from tampering and snooping. The agreement is set to be formalized later this month when Uncle Sam's spending budgets for next year are finally signed off. The election security money will be drawn from a $1.3tn nationwide pot authorized by a collection of 12 funding bills.
The deal may bring a close to the long-running debate between both parties on how much money should be spent on measures to prevent spies and criminals, foreign and domestic, from interfering in America's voting process ..
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