The
head of a federal commission who has helped U.S. states protect
election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is
being replaced at the behest of Republican House of Representatives
Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.
Matthew
Masterson, a member of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission who
currently serves as its chairman, has been passed over for a second
four-year term as one of the agency's four commissioners.
"The
appointment expired in December and we are going in a different
direction for our nomination. We nominate people for a variety of
positions and generally speaking choose our own folks," AshLee Strong, a
spokeswoman for Ryan, said by email on Thursday.
Strong rejected the notion that Masterson was being removed or shoved aside, characterizing the change as routine.
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