or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes it easy to switch and save hundreds. as election officials we personify democracy, so to the extent that democracy itself is under attack right now as it is, those who personify it the election administrators whose job it is to make sure people get their ballots, that they are securely counted and the results are accurate, we are the ones, we are the people being targeted by those who want to target and dismantle democracy. welcome back. that was michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson raising concern that election officials who count ballots are continuing to find themselves in the cross hairs as democratic institutions are being undermined particularly by right wing propagandists led by the former president. joining me is new hampshire secretary of state bill gardner, he announced he will be stepping down after 45 years as new hampshire s top election official.