he asked that christopher adams fill in for him. mr. adams is the election attorney at the election law center. he was a former general council to the south carolina secretary of state and worked as an attorney in the voting section of the department of justice. recently he has served for as a counsel on four different presidential campaign on ballot issues. christopher can address some of the activities taking place in the states this year, please join me in welcoming christian adams. there are three things that i will characterize the 2012 election from my perspective that you probably haven't seen before from republicans. i think you're going to see it andic it's going the affect the work that you do during the elections. very briefly, the first one is that you will see an unprecedented social media outreach this year from the republican side that quite honestly was lacking in 2008. the pendulum swung and, well, the -- my counterpart's side was very good and effective at social media, internet outreach. in 2008 the other side, let's

christopher can address some of the activities taking place in the states this year, please join me in welcoming christian adams. >> i'm slowly shifting my way for the camera. thank you all. i have the unenviable position of closing your day. there's three things i want to tell you about today that i think will characterize the 2012 election from my perspective that you probably haven't seen before from republicans, and i think you're going to see it and i think it's going to affect the work that you do during the elections. very briefly, the first one is, you will see an unprecedented social media outreach this year from the republican side that quite honestly was lacking in 2008. the pendulum has sort of swung. while my counterpart's side was very good and effective at social media, internet outreach, in 2008, the other side let's just be frank was not. i think finally the republican side has caught up to this, and you're going to see a very aggressive effort in 2012 to use the internet in a way that frankly imitation is the best form of flattery, and that's the first thing i think you're going to see this ye