"The long-term consequences — the damages to our democracy and institutions — of 2020 are far from certain," the report reads.

He led a team that reassured the public that the 2020 election was secure, despite President Donald Trump’s baseless assertions to the contrary.

The greater amount of absentee voting and mail-in ballots “shifts the risk towards voter registration data security,” senior DHS official Matt Masterson said Wednesday.

Joshua Franklin has been working as an election security advocate for years, drawing attention to the issue at hacking conferences.

Building on progress made in Illinois and elsewhere requires more federal money, experts say.

DHS's top cybersecurity official, Chris Krebs, says he's "a little nervous" about the midterms, but he and his peers argue that the country is more prepared to deal with the threat of interference.