and i know the alabama secretary of state, beth chapman and others have explored that option. it's something that i think can increase one's connectivity to the political process in addition to the benefits from the mechanical standpoint. >> yeah. let's get ready to have some audience participation. one of the things i note is we've identified issues with regard to how we measure. we've identified that there needs to be more coordination, states to under the move act. we've all got that. i guess what i am less interested in is focusing on our differences, because i don't think there they're as great as we think they are, rather than focusing on arriving at a consensus as to how we resolve those differences, and can you continue to improve what it is we need to continue to improve. so there are questions. >> i have a question. >> can you ask a question, susan? >> is it on? okay. i'd like one or two-sentence answer on this from the panelists if you have one. what could voting organizations, what could the people in this room do in the next 90 days to improve military voter parti

i'm alabama secretary of state beth chapman and president of the national association of secretaries of state. i am delighted this afternoon to begin the final session of the 2012 election preparations with a terrific roster of speakers and one whom i will later have the privilege of introducing in a few minutes. as a bit of background, our elections committee holds regular conference calls to keep up with the many developments that state election offices are facing each day. last november, during one of our calls, we decided it would be beneficial to have a true dialog with members of our congress. we wanted to discuss concerns that we have regarding the impacts of existing federal law as they relate to elections. at that time, we had just received a letter from house democratic steny hoyer that was signed by 196 democrat members of the house to protect voting rights by approving new state measures that would, quote, make it harder for eligible voters to register to vote, end of quote. while we have invited a number of speakers and guests from the list that signed that letter, none