MORGAN CHALFANT: Election hacking fears turn heat on Homeland Security.

Growing concerns about threats to U.S. election systems have put the heat on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its efforts to boost national cybersecurity.

Homeland Security officials testified this week before the Senate Intelligence Committee that they have evidence that Russia targeted election-related systems in 21 states as part of its wider effort to influence the presidential election.

Now, lawmakers concerned about future foreign interference in U.S. elections are pressuring the department to offer more help to states and provide more details about what happened in 2016.

Two thoughts: First, we never got to the conclusion on charges that DHS itself was hacking state election computers.

Second, if you use paper ballots, you don’t have to worry about some guy in a basement halfway around the word.