https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/08/27/us-preps-voting-systems-against-ransomware-attacks-ahead-of-2020-elections/

The US government is looking to protect voter registration databases and systems from ransomware threats ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — a division of the Homeland Security department instituted by president Donald Trump in November last year — fears the databases could be at the receiving end of a ransomware attack.