You don't have it straight. Before turning this into a liberal versus conservative issue, did you read the article? There's nothing in it about requesting information on citizens. Wyden is asking the machine manufacturers to describe the security of their machines and how they will prevent future foreign intrusions.

You can read the list of Wyden's questions here:

"Senator calls on voting machine makers to detail how they’ll prevent hacks"

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/wyden-letter-voting-machine-cybersecurity-manufacturers/?ncid=mobilerecirc_recent