.. well, welcome, everyone. and good morning. we expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while we re waiting, i think we ll begin with our opening statements. and i d like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. and today s hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our country s 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 there s an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. in the committee s may 2019 hearing on election security, lawrence norden wrote in his testim
.. well, welcome, everyone. and good morning. we expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while we re waiting, i think we ll begin with our opening statements. and i d like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. and today s hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our country s 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 there s an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. in the committee s may 2019 hearing on election security, lawrence norden wrote in his testim
overseeing the administration of federal elections. and today s hearing will help us to fill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our country s 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 there s an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. in the committee s 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
and amazon s potential hq2 and hq3. what is behind the decision to open two new headquarters in virginia and in new york. facebook received a tip from u.s. authorities about accounts that may have been tied to russia s internet agency there the same agency accused in february of trying to interfere in the 2016 elections. facebook says it removed the accounts and content. now that the midterm elections are over, what is the next big threat? we spoke with deputy director of the brennan center democracy program, lawrence norden on wednesday. there are two things we should be talking about. we saw this in 2016, they are at least two local avenues where we see interference in our elections. one is with the election infrastructure. when it comes to the mechanics of the elections, things from most people, it was pretty good yesterday. there were some notable glitches but by and large, and look like a normal election. i did not see anything yesterday in terms of the infrastructure,
and amazon s potential hq2 and hq3. what is behind the decision to open two new headquarters in irginia and in new york. on monday, facebook received a tip from u.s. authorities about accounts that may have been tied to russia s internet agency, the same agency accused in february of trying to interfere in the 2016 elections. facebook says it removed the accounts and content. it falsely claimed that democrats and republicans were supposed to vote on different days. now that the midterm elections are over, what is the next big threat? we spoke with deputy director of the brennan center democracy program, lawrence norden on wednesday. there are two things we should be talking about. we saw this in 2016, they are at least two local avenues where we see interference in our elections. one is with the election infrastructure. when it comes to the mechanics of the elections, things from most people, it was pretty good yesterday. there were some notable glitches but by and large, a