My predecessor, Jeh Johnson, just before he left, designated the whole system as critical infrastructure. I've had a lot of push-back from [M]embers of Congress, both sides of the aisle.
John F. Kelly acknowledged resistance to the critical infrastructure designation for election systems.
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