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To qualify for federal grants, states must now conduct post-election manual counts of paper ballots.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-27T17:25:14.662Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-27T14:46:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-27T17:25:14.662Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":60,"hype":60,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to named official, with supporting intel assessments and a letter cited.","critic":"Reporting includes quotes from a letter and intelligence assessments, but lacks direct comment from affected parties.","hype":"Headline uses loaded language like 'perfect' and 'pesky' to create a sense of alarm."}},"tags":["#ElectionSecurity","#DHS","#VotingMachines","#CyberSecurity","#China"],"entities":["Markwayne Mullin","Department of Homeland Security","China","ES&S","Hart InterCivic","Dominion"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has issued a warning about security risks associated with foreign-made components in U.S. voting machines.","States seeking full DHS grants must now implement post-election manual counts of paper ballots.","Intelligence assessments identify China as a persistent cyber threat, with capabilities to access U.S. election systems.","Major U.S. voting machine companies have acknowledged using components manufactured in China."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has alerted the White House Transparency Task Force to security risks posed by voting machines containing components manufactured by foreign adversaries. Intelligence assessments indicate that China remains the most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. networks, and that adversaries including China, Iran, and Russia possess the technical capability to access U.S. election-related systems. Mullin stated that to receive full DHS grants, states must conduct post-election manual counts of paper ballots."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Mullin's warning, detailed in a letter, highlights that vulnerabilities in the election infrastructure supply chain could allow malicious actors to compromise election systems at any stage, even before machines are assembled. He noted that if a component is tampered with during manufacturing, it could enable synchronized attacks across multiple machines and jurisdictions. Major U.S. voting machine companies, including ES&S, Hart InterCivic, and Dominion, which together hold more than 80% of the market share, have acknowledged using components manufactured in China."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on past manipulation"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"RedState reported that an administration official stated there is no intelligence indicating China has successfully manipulated an American vote count. Just the News also reported this statement from a White House Transparency Task Force official."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports below mention the specific percentage of ballots that must be manually audited, although [your]NEWS mentions \"at least 5%\" in its digest. 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