absentee ballots not showing up or what happened in arizona where they're restricting vote by mail access. provisional ballots being handed out instead of regular ballots because low-income communities can rarely come back a second or third day to prove that they have the right to vote the first time. >> you just mentioned the fact that the u.s. actually has a weird system compared to other places with voter registration. >> yes. >> almost all of us take it for granted. it's a two-step process. you become an eligible voter. then you have to go and register and then you have to go and vote. you don't necessarily have to have that. there are states that have passed, i believe oregon has, new york tried and failed, automatic voter registration. is that something that you think should be a goal for lawmakers and policy makers? >> absolutely. h.r. 1 would promote -- would require automatic registration nationwide, but we just saw it adopted in michigan. it was adopted in nevada. the challenge is not only adopting it but making certain