Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections

"Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a "critical

infrastructure," giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and and the electric power grid.
The latest admissions of attacks could speed up that effort possibly including the upcoming presidential election, according to officials.


"We should carefully consider whether our election system, our election process, is critical infrastructure like the financial sector, like the power grid," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said." WashingtonExaminer