美國土安全部爲各州提供投票系統的網絡安全幫助
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security offered Monday to help state elections officials with the challenge of securing voting systems from the threat of cyber attacks.
美國國土安全部星期一提出，願意幫助各州選舉官員設法保證投票系統免受網絡襲擊。
Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson hosted a meeting by telephone with officials from around the country as well as representatives from the Justice Department and the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
美國國土安全部部長傑·約翰遜主持召開電話會議，與會的有全國各地的官員以及美國司法部和美國國家標準技術研究所的代表。
Most voters in the U.S. encounter some kind of machine during the voting process, whether they vote directly on a touchscreen device or put their paper ballot into a scanner. But which system is used is up to officials overseeing the 9,000 separate voting jurisdictions across the country, not the federal government.
美國大多數選民投票時都會遇到某種形式的投票機，無論是使用觸屏直接投票，還是把紙質選票放在掃描器上。但使用哪種投票系統取決於負責全美9000個投票區的地方政府官員，而非聯邦政府。
Johnson encouraged states to implement recommendations that include making sure electronic voting machines are not connected to the internet while voting is taking place.
約翰遜鼓勵各州採納落實各項建議，包括投票進行時確保電子投票機不和網絡連在一起。
He also announced a new campaign to bring together government and private sector experts to promote voting security and heighten awareness of the potential risks to the infrastructure involved in the process.
他還宣佈展開一項新運動，把政府、私營領域的專家集合起來，宣傳投票安全，並加強人們對涉及投票程序的基礎設施所面臨風險的認識。
