The commissioners and want to for sfgovtv for staffing the meeting madam clerk before announcements were joined by how board clerk and i understand you have some information. Good morning, chair he wanted i appreciate the privilege of floor on the remote system as youre aware the board that amended their rules to end the use of Public Comment testimony for the Board Meeting due to the unanimous individuals that use it for discrimination and the board left one option for ada for accommodations for individuals interested in making that request call the phone number 1 415 6550001 meeting id 2663 634 1600 to raise your hand, press 3 but regards to todays agenda this was originally published last thursday and had the opportunity for remote Public Comment so in consultation with our folks we would like to continue to provide an opportunity for the public despite the rule changes which were scheduling the agenda about b will not contain that same language thank you, want to make sure there wa
Supervisor mandelman welcome back. Thank you for filling for the commissioners and want to for sfgovtv for staffing the meeting madam clerk before announcements were joined by how board clerk and i understand you have some information. Good morning, chair he wanted i appreciate the privilege of floor on the remote system as youre aware the board that amended their rules to end the use of Public Comment testimony for the Board Meeting due to the unanimous individuals that use it for discrimination and the board left one option for ada for accommodations for individuals interested in making that request call the phone number 1 415 6550001 meeting id 2663 634 1600 to raise your hand, press 3 but regards to todays agenda this was originally published last thursday and had the opportunity for remote Public Comment so in consultation with our folks we would like to continue to provide an opportunity for the public despite the rule changes which were scheduling the agenda about b will not con
Government Audit Oversight Committee regular meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , thursday, october 19, 2023. gavel . Good morning. Id like to call the meeting to order. Well, welcome it the thursday, october 19, 2023, regular meeting of the government Audit Oversight Committee im supervisor preston chair of the committee and joined by supervisor mandelman welcome back. Thank you for filling for the commissioners and want to for sfgovtv for staffing the meeting madam clerk before announcements were joined by how board clerk and i understand you have some information. Good morning, chair he wanted i appreciate the privilege of floor on the remote system as youre aware the board that amended their rules to end the use of Public Comment testimony for the Board Meeting due to the unanimous individuals that use it for discrimination and the board left one option for ada for accommodations for individuals interested in making that request call the phone number 1 415 6550001 meeting id 2663 63
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Subcommittee on Information Technology and Government Affairs will come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here, and its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries both internal and external have sought to suppress. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today were here to talk about the best way to protect our integrity of our Voting Systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nation widethat administer elections. And even within states counties use different systems to conduct elections. A year ago last september Ranking Member kelly and i held a hearing ensuring the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential issues with the up coming election. It was an issue then and remains an issue now. The former secretary has made clear to the best of his knowledg