Election security officials have no evidence that ballots were deleted or lost by voting systems in this month's U.S. election, two security groups said in a statement released Thursday by the lead U.S. cybersecurity agency.
"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised," the groups said about the November 3 election won by Joe Biden, a Democrat.
Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and has yet to concede.
The groups, the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee (GCC) and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (SCC), said the election was the most secure in U.S. history.
"While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections and you should, too," the groups said in the statement released by the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
CISA, led by the top U.S. cybersecurity official, Christopher Krebs, runs a website that debunks misinformation about the election.
The security groups said all the states with close results in the race have paper records of each vote, which can be counted if necessary.
