passed more than 30 laws that make it harder for you to cast a ballot. this happened in the last year. one of the mayors who signed that is elizabeth couch, the republican mayor of burnsville, minnesota, also the former president of the u.s. conference of mayors. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> thank you, jim. thank you for the invitation to speak on your show. >> this is a unique moment here because people tend to think of voting rights at least in the current context of being a democratic issue with universal republican opposition. this letter shows that's not true. 146 mayors, republicans and democrats. you sent them to both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. what's been the response so far to this letter? >> it's been very positive. for mayors, we look at what happens in our community, and our constituents are both republicans and democrats. we want to make sure that our constituents have the right through our constitution to