I appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats a false choice, that you can do both and that both
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats
Anhing. Supporting cspan as a public service. The secretaries of state for new mexico and rhode island also spoke at the election policy symposium where they stressed the importance of maintaining uptodate voter lists and transparency and disinformation. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] we are going to get started so if everyone can make it back to their seats. Give everyone a minute here. Iow appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. Thats remarkable. We are about to embark on our second panel of the summit and if it is on a topic that for those of you that know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart probably the most important thing talking aboutut the nuts d bolts of election. Weve m made strides the past couple of decades maintaining accurate voter lists and those two aspects are important whereas when we talk about Voter Registration, so much of the time by those who would seek to make a choice
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde
I appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats a false choice, that you can do both and that both