Threats to a secure election appear to loom as large today as they did in 2016, when Russian state-backed hackers and social media trolls threw U.S. political campaign and election efforts into chaos. DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has seen marked improvements in security over the past few years. Congress allocated an additional $425 million as part of a spending compromise that was passed and enacted in late-December, giving election officials even more latitude to make improvements. Experts fear a repeat of the same problems the nation experienced in 2016.”]