I'm am sorry but what kind of security researcher can claim that this breach isn't serious? The electoral implications may be a bigger controversy but to suggest that the breach isn't serious it's insane. What is described in the post is nothing short of a nightmare scenario for anyone, no only security-conscious people.
Unfortunately, the government undervalues security and the work of its IT and CS departments. Lots of legacy code/databases and workers are underpaid(compared to the private sector).
