At noon today, I felt a huge sense of relief, accomplishment, and closure. The #Protect2020 effort we launched alongside 1000s of partners in the election community came to an anti-climatic, yet powerful close. Democracy held, despite efforts to subvert the will of the people.

We all did our part to ensure the 2020 election was as secure as possible. And it was. No Kraken, no zombie dictators, and no widespread fraud. This was a free & fair election. We upheld and defended the Constitution irrespective of political affiliation. Country over party.

It still exhausts me thinking about the collective effort that so many people put into defending democracy across @EACgov, state and local partners rep'd by @NASSorg and @NASEDorg, as well as the Intel Community, @FBI, @US_CYBERCOM, and others.

I think about what so many went thru, including @GaSecofState, @JocelynBenson, @Commish_Schmidt, @mastersonmv, @katiehobbs, and countless others that kept at it with sheer determination and patriotism in the face of threats to life and limb. You're all heroes in my book.

And yet there's no rest for the weary. Elections aren't just every two years, elections occur all the time. The full scope of the consequences - including the breach of trust by elected officials and the threats - from the 2020 election may not be known for some time.

In the meantime, we have to continue investing in our elections infrastructure. We have to increase civics education to help American voters understand how elections and our system of government in general work. We have to increase digital literacy.

There will be postscripts written for this election. I know this: we did it right. This was a secure election. To those that have bought in to #TheBigLie, you've been manipulated as a part of a larger political & ego-driven game. There must be accountability for us to move ahead.

We must also come to grips with the disinformation disease that's sweeping the globe. It's not just elections, we're seeing it play out across #COVID vaccines and 5G. I hope to do my part w/ @AspenDigital #InfoDisorderComm, working across society for solutions near and long term.

But contributing to election security efforts has now been hardcoded into my DNA - there's plenty of work to do, and I look forward to getting back at it however I can.