Washington — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson warned Sunday of efforts by bad actors to “hack voters’ minds” to spread misinformation ahead of Election Day.
“We know that because our systems are secure, there are foreign, bad actors and adversaries to democracy on the global scale who will seek to potentially not hack our systems, but hack voters’ minds to spread falsehoods and misinformation,” Benson said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “Not just to sow seeds of distrust, but to diminish citizens’ confidence in the process and in their own voices.”
Benson, a Democrat, said the misinformation is being amplified because “if there is enough noise,” people may disengage altogether, noting that “that’s the goal” of those looking to sow distrust…