[johnsolo1701]

Isn't the whole point of the disinformation campaign to make people vote a certain way? With this in mind, altering votes _directly_ by hacking voting machines isn't necessarily the problem people are worried about. It's indirectly changing votes due to the foreign assistance/misinformation, which is illegal under our system. I think it's a reasonable concern and we shouldn't ignore it, just because votes weren't changed directly by hacking. A law that requires campaigns to disclose to authorities if they receive illegal offers of assistance is sensible IMHO.

[marcusverus]

The title of the article seems taylor-made to suggest that Russia hacked voting machines. That’s what prompted the top level response. The headline is misleading.

Nobody suggested that Russian disinformation is unimportant.