Should Our Elections be Secure and Legal?

Given the brouhaha(s) surrounding foreign meddling in our country’s elections, how would you feel if your Congressman voted to eliminate funding for Election-Security?

Well it happened on Thursday, July 19th. 2018. Rob Wittman voted against adding Election-Security funds to a 2019 Budget for Environment, Treasury and District of Columbia after those Election-Security funds had been previously stripped out of that bill.

There have been recent reports that Russian meddling has already started for the elections this November as reported by Microsoft.

Also, were you aware of a bi-partisan House of Representative letter sent to President Donald Trump in February 2018 requesting the Federal Election Commission be fully staffed so that it could function? There are 6 positions at the FEC and only 4 are filled. So, because of the requirement that there be 50% Republicans and 50% Democrats, the FEC does not have a proper quorum and nothing can be done. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act, the FEC describes its duties as "to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections. So, without proper staffing this agency cannot protect us against illegal acts in past or future presidential elections. For your information Rob Wittman was not one of the signatories to the February letter requesting filling the empty positions and to the writer’s knowledge he has not addressed the issue.

This again brings up questions. Is Rob Wittman a leader? Is he a follower? Does he represent us and our best interests