The Legal Framework for Countering Cyber Threats to Digital Equipment of Election Commissions in the United States

The study analyzes the legal framework for countering cyber threats to digital equipment of election commissions in the United States of America. The author concludes that, despite the lack of established and unified norms at the federal legislative level, the legal basis for the work of election commissions in terms of ensuring the security of digital equipment can generally be characterized as satisfactory. The presence of significant legal gaps is largely compensated by the influence of two mutually influencing factors. On the one hand, the US Election Assistance Commission and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provide US election officials with high-quality methodological support to counter cyber threats. On the other hand, the system of informal bipartisan control over the organization of elections ensures that election organizers comply with most of the recommendations of federal bodies, since ignoring them by any of the political forces implies giving the competing party a possible advantage.

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