it was myself, secretary simon for minnesota, and secretary ashcroft from missouri. the three of us were there. has allocated $380 million to upgrade voting system. -- systems. reid: how are you spending that money in vermont? jim: we received the money already. we received about $3 million. part of it is being spent right now on a new, accessible voting system as we speak. we are adding to our portfolio. this will allow anybody with a physical impairment to help us meet the mandate of the ada and be compliant with it. we are using it for the two factor authentication. done some penetration testing. we will continue to do penetration testing. recent penetration test was completed at the end of april. we received the report in the beginning of june. it basically labeled us as one of the leaders in the country in this area of cyber security. they could not find any real problems with it. or mainhe main factors recommendations was to add two factor authentication, which we were already in process. reid: is $380 million from congress and of to fix the problem? jim: no. t

bipartisanith a group, state secretaries in april, including the president, secretary ashcroft from missouri, and secretary simon for minnesota. we incorporated their advice and we have had feedback from the chief election official in my state. as well as former election assistance commission or matt masterson. we have talked to secretary nielsen from dhs and received a tremendous amount of feedback as well. be able to see improvements, and we do believe the coordinating councils can share a lot of that information with other states and with the federal government. but there are simple things that can be in place that we feel like do not usurp the authority of the states to run their own elections. but do give us a secure elections system for the future. the issue is not so much 2020. we're all watching. what will the elections be like 20 years from now? will we still have a process in place of protect the elections when our guard is down? idea to be is a wise able to continue that ongoing cooperation and communication, so when issues are discovered, they can be shared state to state quickly