A conservative election researcher, Heather Honey, has been appointed to the new position of deputy assistant secretary for election integrity. This job is in the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. The role did not exist under the previous administration. This appointment comes after President Donald Trump cited Honey’s faulty findings on voter data in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Since 2020, Honey has worked with several election research groups that have produced flawed analyses of election data. These analyses have fueled right-wing attacks on voting procedures. According to NBC News, she runs a consulting firm named Haystack Investigations.
