I was really honored to be invited to be here and i cant wait to hear what all of you had to say. Heres for a successful 2018. [applause] while doctor stewart is getting miked up i just want to say thank you to the chairman for getting us kicked off and to doug jason for those great remarks. Commissioner masterson mentioned the panel that we have here is called election efficiency and integrity, improving the Voter Experience, but most of this panel will be focused on data and the importance of data and how we use it in the Election Community. Weve got a great panel for you, you have biographies in front of you that my staff has provided some abbreviated biographies which i will read and we will start hearing from the panel. Ive asked each of them to speak for about five minutes, from their perspective on this panel and then i have some questions for them and then we will go to questions from you. Before i get started i want to thank you all for being here, im very excited to kick off
Experience. Most of this panel will be focused on data, and the importance of how we use it in the Elections Community. We have a great panel here for you. You have biographies in front of providedmy staff has some abbreviated biographies which i will read. Then we will start hearing from the panel. I have asked each of them to speak for about five minutes or so. I then have some questions for them, and then we will go to questions from you. Started, i want to thank all of you for being here. For helpingank you to kick off the 2018 elections. Its hard to believe its already 2018. We are taking them off, but officials have already started working on this the day after their last election. So i know those of you who are Election Officials in the audience know this is an your first kickoff. Others have said its just the kickoff in january, but you have all been working on the selection since the last election. And i appreciate all the hard work youve put into making our elections so good
As commissioner masterson mentioned, the panel we have here is called election efficiency and integrity, improving the Voter Experience but most of this panel i think will be focussed on data and the importance of data and how we use it in the Elections Community. We have a great panel here for you. You have biographies in front of you. My staff has provided some abbreviated biographies which ill read and then well start hearing from the panel. Ive asked each of them to speak for about five minutes or so from their perspective on this panel and then i have some questions for them. And then we will go to questions from you. So before i get started, i want to thank you all for being here. Really excited to kick off the 2018 elections. Its hard to believe its already 2018. Were kicking off the elections but officials have already started working on this. The day after their last election. So i know those of you who are Election Officials, this is not a kick off for you. As others have sai
Improving the Voter Experience, but most of the panel i think will be focused on data and the importance of data and how we use it in the Elections Community. Weve got a great panel here for you. You have biographies in front of you, but my staff has provided some abbreviated biographies which i will read and we will start hearing from the panel. Ive asked each to speak for about five minutes or so from their perspective on this panel, and then i have some questions for them and then we will go to questions from you. Before get started, though, i want to thank you all for being here. Im really excited to kick off the 2018 elections. Its hard to believe its already 2018. Were kicking off the elections, but Election Officials have already started working on this the day after their last election. I know those of you who are Election Officials in the audience, this is not a kickoff for you. As others have said, its just the kickoff in january, but you all have been working on this electio
Voting accessibility for disabled person. It concluded with a question and answer session with the commissioners. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everyone. I want to thank you all for coming back to the exciting panel of accessibility. Im tom hicks, vice chair of the electrics commission. And on my left you will see a panel, and to my left is coming, and the other left is also coming. So i will introduce you to folks who are here. Virginia so, im going to introduce the folks who are here [ laughter ] so, to my left, virginia atkinson is the senior accessibility and accessible inclusion specialist at the National Foundation for Electoral Systems, and she has more than a decade of experience work on disability rights and governance issues. And she provides Technical Assistance and training to Civil Society, organization and election management bodies. She is also the lead author of the manual equal access, how the include persons with disabilities in elections and political p