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Buried in a March executive order from President Donald Trump is a provision that could cast doubt on voting machines in Ohio and around the country. The order directs federal officials to amend a set of security benchmarks for voting machines.

Those standards, known as the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines , are indeed voluntary. But some states, including Ohio , require compliance with the most recent guidelines in state statute .

“If that were to be implemented — if that executive order were to be implemented by the (Election Assistance Commission),” Lorain County Board of Elections Director Paul Adams explained, “it would ba

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