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
Overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us to fill 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 or f other 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 more federal regulations for ballpoint pens and magic markers than there are for Voting Systems and other parts of our election infrastructure. So there may be more work to do and much for congress to learn about this industry. Many
This week spotting early signs of dementia, giving the banks the finger. Print, and man falls off skateboard. Theme music. Heres something that splits opinion, you either love these or you hate them, depending really on whether you ride one, or whether youve had a Close Encounter with one. These e scooters are powered by electric motors and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know. In the uk, these things are not legal on public roads and they are not legal on public pavements. So, although theyre getting more and more popular, and companies are hiring them out to ride on private lands like here at the Queen Elizabeth olympic park in london, where theyre geofenced and speed limited, the law varies hugely around the world. One of the issues is that these things can reach speeds of over 30 miles an hour, which is very cool, but also very dangerous, again, depending on your experiences with them. Not long ago, presenter Emily Hartridge died while riding an e sc
Weekend, in their opening win against southampton. Theres text commentary on the bbc sport website. Liverpools adrian is hopeful of starting against southampton this afternoon, despite being injured by a fan who ran onto the pitch during the teams super cup celebrations. Adrian made his debut in the win over chelsea on wednesday, with regular keeper alisson injured and managerjurgen klopp had this to say to the unwelcome pitch intruder. There is no doubt about how much we love our fans, there is no doubt about that. But if they could all stop doing that, doing. Thats now the worst example ive so far heard about. Its not funny. What can i say . I dont know what you can do against it but its not. I like the fact that we dont have fences in the stadium but that means theres a lot of responsibility for the supporters as well. Bath winger Ruaridh Mcconnochie is out of the england team to face wales this afternoon in a world cup warm up match. He was set to make his debut in cardiff but he h