secretary ardoin? but i wonder if you could tell me -- do you believe joe biden won the 2020 election? >> i do believe he won. >> you do? >> mr. anderson. do you believe joe biden won the 2020 election? >> mr. hewitt, do you believe joe biden won the 2020 election? >> -- nonpartisan head, yes i do. >> i have a couple questions just from the testimony. secretary ardoin, what happened to -- i notice in your testimony, said, since 2014, he successfully carried out nine statewide elections. what happened prior to that? why were they unsuccessful? >> they weren't unsuccessful. we just did not have elections that were back-to-back-to-back, for whatever reason we had special elections and issues that were put on the ballot by the legislature. and so it was -- we basically have four elections each year and. we usually had one year off and then we haven't had that since that time. >> i see. what you are talking about is the fact that you have had statewide elections in each of those nine years. >> correct. >> o

secretary ardoin -- did i pronounced that probably? >> ardoin. >> ardoin.y, my wife is from louisiana. so i knew there could be multiple ways that that could be pronounced. >> you should hear my own friends people pronounce it. >> -- louisiana's election will feature several strong voter integrity measures, just like my home state of georgia. louisiana law requires voters to present photo identification, to vote in person, prohibits ballot harvesting and does not allow same-day voter registration. we are seeing that more people have confidence in the process in georgia. how have these measures affected election administration your state? >> we have not seen a negative impact. louisiana has had and required federal voter i.d. since 1997. it was pre-cleared by the klan administrations department of justice. also, we accept any form of state i.d. or any form of i.d. that has a picture and a signature on it. so, it's not limited just to a state i.d.. we also provide free i.d.s for individuals who can't afford one. the ballot harvesting has only increased the co

the state news agency exercises and a lot of control over state media and put president ardoin in thelternative news agencies backed by the opposition have a different tone. what we can hear at this point it is really tight. and it's very, very close right now between the two candidates but until we have a final results, it is almost impossible to predict which of the two men might make it over the line and get more than 50% of those votes, have income turkeys next president. whoever it is lifted deal with economic problems, immigration problems which came to the fore in this election campaign. there's so much to deal with and that is waived both candidates over the last few days i've called on their supporters not to be complacent. they were out 14 two weeks ago and really, both men push their supporters and their teams to go out once again and vote in this crucial election today. translation: this is the first time in turkey's democratic life - that we have seen such a vote in the presidential election and there is no country in the world that such a vote has been organised but turk

reporter: vucevic tayyip ardoin likes to win.the past 20 years, his grip on power has only strengthened. with the help of his ak party, he has transformed turkiye's the country, from the economy to the military. he has also successfully sentenced a number of critics, including political rivals like this one, who has been in jail since 2016. outside turkiye, erdogan has increased his influence on international estate. -- international stage. ♪ it was his final approval that allowed finland to join nato this year, but he continues to hold up sweden's membership bid. erdogan has made no secret of his friendship with vladimir putin, nato's biggest threats. he has already purchased an air defense system from moscow. lastly, the two leaders gently unveiled turkiye's first nuclear power plant being built by russia's state nuclear company. but behind-the-scenes at home, things have not been going his way. inflation is still stubbornly high. even official figures put it at around 50%. that has created a cost-of-living crisis that is hurti

one thing i want to pick up on is the fact that president ardoin president erdogan allies control thef media. during the campaign in april, state tv gave the president 32 hours and more of your time but the challenger got there minutes of your time. what impact does it have having such a large and expensive voice in shaping the narrative around the election if you are to win over voters? tt around the election if you are to win over voters?— win over voters? it is a huge im act. win over voters? it is a huge impact. there _ win over voters? it is a huge impact. there is _ win over voters? it is a huge impact. there is no - win over voters? it is a huge impact. there is no question win over voters? it is a huge - impact. there is no question about it. obviously the way that president erdogan operates which shows he's a strong man. his critics say it shows he's an authoritarian leader who tries to crush his opposition and is not value democracy. it means that mainstream media in turkey, by and large, are more or less supportive of president erdogan and his party. and the opposition chal

secretary ardoin, there was an earlier panel that was discussing erik, and they were saying concern louisiana did withdraw from erik. can you address some of your concerns and why you withdrew? >> ono comment. -- no comment. [laughter] >> hi. i'm grace gordon with the bipartisan policy center again. and my question for whoever would like to take it is i know you all are kind of drinking from a fire hose most of the time. are there specific research questions around reprocessing, around hand counting, around getting faster results that the nonprofits and research institutions in the room should be addressing that would be helpful to you all in your roles? >> that's a fantastic question. >> uh-huh. >> i want to get her contact information -- [laughter] i know i'm think of -- i'll think of something when i step off the stage. >> i mean, we talk the about half a dozen states, more than half a dozen states don't allow for pre-processing. so what should they be asking to try and get better responses, get better information, better research when it comes to these methods, these practices that you gu

secretary ardoin, there was an earlier panel that was discussing erik, and they were saying concern louisiana did withdraw from erik. can you address some of your concerns and why you withdrew? >> ono comment. -- no comment. [laughter] >> hi. i'm grace gordon with the bipartisan policy center again. and my question for whoever would like to take it is i know you all are kind of drinking from a fire hose most of the time. are there specific research questions around reprocessing, around hand counting, around getting faster results that the nonprofits and research institutions in the room should be addressing that would be helpful to you all in your roles? >> that's a fantastic question. >> uh-huh. >> i want to get her contact information -- [laughter] i know i'm think of -- i'll think of something when i step off the stage. >> i mean, we talk the about half a dozen states, more than half a dozen states don't allow for pre-processing. so what should they be asking to try and get better responses, get better information, better research when it comes to these methods, these practices that you gu