This DHS official oversees election security. He wants to ban voting machines.

By: Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 1,239

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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In his top post at the Department of Homeland Security, David Harvilicz sets policy on protecting the nation’s elections infrastructure, including voting machines.

He’s also the co-founder of a company with James Penrose, who helped hatch debunked conspiracy theories blaming hacked voting machines for Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. Penrose assisted in a push to seize voting machines to overturn Trump’s defeat.

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