Cybersecurity, disinformation dominates hearing on elections

**Executive Summary:** The article summarizes testimony from state secretaries of state on the central role of cybersecurity and disinformation in modern U.S. elections, highlighting defensive measures (e.g., intrusion sensors, endpoint detection, network segmentation), responses to generative AI and deepfakes, the myth of widespread noncitizen voting, debates over federal voter-registration initiatives, rising threats and harassment against election workers, and chronic underfunding for election security that officials say requires greater federal support.