Top officials say November 3 election ‘most secure’ in US history

Volunteer election poll worker Cecilia Chaboudy-Dow in Houston, Texas (David J. Phillip/AP)

A coalition of federal and state officials said they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s US presidential election.

The statement from cybersecurity experts, which trumpeted the November 3 election as the most secure in American history, amounted to the most direct repudiation to date of President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the integrity of the contest with unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud.