.@RonWyden exercising the nuclear (rhetoric) option in a new Medium post. "If Congress and states don’t act immediately, our country could face an electoral Chernobyl this fall." medium.com/@RonWyden/figh…
Here's the closer: "If Americans see a repeat of what happened in Georgia across the country, many will rightfully question whether the results — and by extension, the government itself — are truly legitimate."
FWIW, I think this post reflects a problem with talking about election security and cybersecurity generally. The rhetoric and analogies started so hot (cyber-9/11; cyber-Pearl Harbor) that it's tough to draw attention to something that's truly horrifying.
Chernobyl (as a signal moment when a government started to lose legitimacy domestically and int'lly) may be a decent analogy for what might follow a catastrophic election failure in November. But the analogy barely registers because we're used to such hyperbole.
