Thread by @ericgeller

A new version of the Secure Elections Act is coming very soon, a SSCI staffer told secs of state this wknd.

Draft text expected "within the next few weeks."

But it's likely to be almost identical to a version criticized by election integrity activists.

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Also at NASS conf, secretaries of state like @VermontSOS, @KathyBoockvar, & @JenaGriswold told Hill staffers that they needed more federal election security $$ pronto.

@amyklobuchar staffer told them to call their MoCs and apply pressure to get it done.

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When @DelbertHosemann said MS didn't want federal money, @AlexPadilla4CA basically replied, That's great for you, but not everyone can afford to protect their systems without it.

"I would caution any state [not] to ... prevent other states benefiting from federal dollars.”

More of my new reporting from this weekend's NASS and NASED conferences:

* @mastersonmv is "very optimistic" that all states will be using paper ballots by 2020: subscriber.politicopro.com/cybersecurity/…

* He also says DHS and vendors have a "productive relationship": subscriber.politicopro.com/cybersecurity/…

@mastersonmv Even more!

* @JenaGriswold wants wants vetted security researchers to test voting equipment: subscriber.politicopro.com/cybersecurity/…

* @JohnHMerrill wants his fellow secretaries and Hill Republicans to stop trying to eliminate the EAC: subscriber.politicopro.com/cybersecurity/…

Stats from DHS shared at this weekend's conference:

* 43 states have used at least one DHS election security service; 27 have used 2; 14 have used 3+; three have used 6+

* 143 cyber hygiene scans, 25 threat hunts, 36 RVAs, 23 resilience reviews

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