We do have a change in our supervisor. Rafael nadal him and will no longer be part of our board and we will have mr. Dean pressed things preston starting next month in february. We have a quorum. Item number four . Item four is the possible modifications of the meetings set forth below. Regular Meeting Minutes from december 12th, 2019. Are there any corrections to the minutes . I move adoption of the minutes for the december 12th meeting. Second. Any Public Comment on this item . All those in favor of approving the minutes signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed . Its unanimous. Item number five. Number five is the general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. Happy new year. Im sure you are tired of hearing from me, but i want to let you know that i genuinely appreciate all of your time. I wanted to say that last month or the month before when you made the recommendations for the memo, i really wanted take to get to hard. I especially thought about what you said, c
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
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