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Very grateful to be producing with the nyu center that advocates for civil debate on politics and public policy, and nyu votes, which works to give every nyu eligible student the information they need to vote. I am especially grateful to be introducing an event with some of the countrys most important thinkers on what i think is one of the most urgent issues we face, and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless and unprecedented series of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system. Free and Fair Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated. The president has made repeated threats to subvert the election, some with support from the attorney general, sending military to the polls, Voter Suppression, and perhaps most chillingly refusing to commit to abide by the election results. Some are worried the rule of law has been so eroded in this country, it may be possible to literally steal an election and we think there are strong legal and institut
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Carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda. San francisco cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the callin number across the screen. The opportunity to speak and to provide comments during each Public Comment period on todays agenda is available via phone by calling 1 415 6550001. Once youre connected and prompted to enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, that is 1467042839. Then press pound twice to be connected to the meeting. When you are connected you will hea
Madame clerk, are there any other things any other agenda . That is all, chair. Chair yee the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everybody. Really going to miss you two on this committee. [laughter]. Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday october 1 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Supervisor gordon mar, im the chair of this committee, and im joined by vicechair, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor matt haney. Thank you to the clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present