Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Election officials are warning that steps need to be taken now to protect voting in the U.S. from outside interference even though midterm elections are more than 10 months away. Efforts by Russian hackers last year to break into state election systems raised all sorts of alarms, but so far moves to make future elections secure have been limited. We're joined by NPR's Pam Fessler, who's been covering this issue. Hello, Pam. PAM FESSLER, BYLINE: Hi, Robert. SIEGEL: And what are the biggest concerns right now from those who are preparing for next year's elections? FESSLER: Well, the big concern is that 2016 was just a trial run and that the next attack on U.S. elections could be successful. As you recall, the intelligence community concluded that Russian hackers tried to break into about 21 state election systems last year. And as far as we know, they only succeeded in breaking into Illinois' voter registration system, but no
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