Mullin defends move to tie election security to counterterrorism funding

Summary

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended a decision to tie disbursements of counterterrorism grant funding to a series of demands for states on election security.  The funding, which is distributed through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is traditionally used by states to combat terror attacks.  But FEMA quietly said in June that states would have to…