Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday activated his state National Guard’s cybersecurity teams to be on standby for Tuesday’s midterms.
“Wisconsin voters should feel confident that the Wisconsin National Guard’s team is ready if needed to provide assistance on Election Day,” said Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar in the National Guard’s announcement of the move.
“The governor’s executive order simply allows us to deploy those resources quickly.”
Maj. Joy Staab of the Wisconsin National Guard told local ABC affiliate 27 News that the division has not been given any orders beyond remaining on alert.
“At this time we have no requests for support but in the event that we were requested to support we could more rapidly deploy service members, in this case our cyber security team,” Staab said. – READ MORE