, as you are aware, has twice taken the position that we believe that the eac should be sunsetted. there's now some discussion as to what to do in the interim. and, i was wondering if you could just offer a little bit of background as to what is happening in congress with the eac and offer any potential predictions as to what may eventually result? >> thank you, ross. well, as you all, i'm sure, know, a bill was heard in house administration to defund and otherwise sunset, repeal the enabling language that instituted the organization. i was a original co-sponsor in that bill. in that my involvement in that bill comes directly out of the two resolutions that came out of this organization that i was involved with helping to author and get passed. that bill passed committee and it went to the house floor for a vote that we needed 290 votes for. we did not get that. so it was a suspension vote. we suspended regular order. i think that leadership thought we had the votes. it did not pass. i am working to see that the eac repeal bill gets heard in regular order so there will be a floor t

former secretary of state, but i can't think of what is absolutely necessary that the eac do that is necessary for these states to have successful, fair and accurate elections this fall. so i ask each one of you that question. >> i believe secretary reed from washington. >> todd, really in terms of the way that we conduct the election, there isn't anything that we need out of the eac per se. but the problem articulated by a few state this is morning during a discussion was that they have money sitting there that has already been authorized to go to the states but has not been released because they don't have commissioners there. they have equipment sitting in offices ready to be operated but the certification that has gone through in the process has not been released by the office. so we had quite a discussion this morning, and one thing that national association of state election directors came up with is a letter to the acting director saying that he can take this action, and in talking to peter shellstock this morning, peter said that he thought that was true as well. those are th

eac data is a subset of the ff data. and so i think that's an important element. on the gao criticism about our nonresponse bias, that's was one of the first things i instituted and we had a nonresponse bias analysis. and what it determined was in fact our statistical waiting methodology countered the nonresponse bias that would otherwise be inherent. when we talked about moving around a lot, this is why we truly believe that moving towards more electronic access to ballots is so important. in my time in the military, i've been recalled active duty four times since 9/11. and even in those individual recalls, i've had two or three addresses. but i've always had robert.h.carey@navy.mil. i've had that. that's never going to change. go one step further. post the ballots online. you post the ballots online, anyone can access them at any time. not just when they get to their e-mail address, but whenever they want. hence our grant program to help the states post these ballots online. as far as the insulation voting assistance o

some of the discussions this weekend at our conference have centered around the eac. obviously this organization as you're aware has twice taken the position that we believe that the eac should be sunseted. there is now some discussion as to what to do in the interim and i was wondering if you could just offer a little bit of background what is happening in congress with the eac and offer any potential predictions what evently may result? >> thank you, ross. as you all i'm sure know, a bill was heard in housed a administration to defund and otherwise sunset repeal the enabling language that instituted the election assistance commission. i was a, an am an original cosponsor of that bill and that, my involvement in that bill comes directly out of the two resolutions that came out of this organization, that i was involved with helping to author and get passed. so that bill passed committee. it went to the house floor for a, for a vote that we needed 290 votes for. we did not get that. so it was a suspension vote. we suspended regular order. i think leadership thought we

now, as we figure out where to focus our investigative resources, we pay a lot of attention to the eac data. and the eac's nvra report is very, very helpful in enabling us to figure out where we should indeed focus our initial investigative efforts. let me tell you about the work we've been doing. in the last year, the department brought its first two lawsuits under section 7 in seven years. and as you know, section 7 requires that voter registration materials be made available at, among other places, state offices providing public assistance or disability services. one of the lawsuits involved rhode island and the other involves louisiana. in the rhode island case, we reached an immediate resolution to the matter. and i want to discuss the results, because the results have indeed been remarkable. more voters were registered in the first month after the settlement than in the entire previous two-year reporting period. let me give you some specific numbers. in the two-year reporting period before the lawsuit, 457 voter registration forms were submitted by the four affected rhode island

authority's enabling legislation requires the preparation and adoption of an annual report by january of eac. this is an action item. supervisor campos: -legally, are we required to take action today on this item? i know that time is running short. >> mr. chairman, the statute requires that i bring you an annual report in january. i think it is important that you hear a presentation. however, i am informed by counsel that we have complied with the spirit of the law, by bringing the item to the board and making it available to the public. i would still like to say that to your pleasure, we can go over this in february. the fact that -- february. supervisor campos: the fact that it is presented is enough to meet requirements? >> yes. i think it is better to delay the action, but consider the item as presented to you and the board. supervisor campos: colleagues, we will take public comment, but unless there is an objection, i would be inclined to bring this item back to us for a future meeting. let's open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on ite

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and unlike the data that the eac, the election assistance commission puts together every year where they actually call state officials and get the numbers from them of how many military overseas voters requested absentee ballots, how many did you actually send out, how many did you get in, this is just a survey of people. and what did gao say about the report? they said fvap does not conduct a nonresponse bias analysis that omb says is a necessary step in determining whether survey findings are biased. not conducting such an analysis limits data reliability. now i don't want to get into a statistical debate here, because statistics is boring. but the point is anybody who does surveys knows that there is bias in who actually sends them back and how accurate the information is when it comes back. the other problem with the samples were that it didn't accurately reflect the overall military population. for example, 25% of the surveys that came back were completed by senior officers and their spouses, even though there are only about 12% of the overall military population. >> but in making t

he and the president are making anne esffort to get to know eac other becaused vice president is expectedo fatake over as president next year. both leaders stressed the importance of working together, but their relationship is not without disagreement. brian moore reports. >> reporter: in welcoming china's presidential heir apparent, president obama simultaneously assured an ally and pushed a superpower rival. >> with expanding power and prosperity also comes increased responsibilities. >> reporter: vice president biden and secretary of state clinton publicly pressured the vice president on areas that have stressed the uneasy alliance from china's undervalued currency and tilted trade practices to the theft of intellectual property. >> cooperation as you and i have spoken about can only be mutually beneficial if the game is fair. >> reporter: the administration pushed even harder on china's unwillingness to help halt the brutal crackdown in syria and on china's own human rights record at home. outside the white house, protestors tried to turn the spotlight away from the washington photo o

al and i have known eac other for decades. >> charlie: he heard us. >> it's all right. quit lying about my record, al. i thought i would -- 1988 which some people thought -- the basic point -- >> i knew ronald reagan, he was a friend of mine. >> m point is a big chunk of the republican party that does not want mitt romney and they don't want mitt romney for reasons beyond mitt romney it's a whole notion of those guys telling us what to do. it's the same reason why the tea party should not be identified with the republican party. they sometimes despite the republicans as much as democrats. my only point if they see in annuity begin rich thnewt gingrr distance content would be a problem for newt. one more thing i'll put on the table what's standing between mitt romney and the nomination and he said mitt romney. there's always tha possibility of front runner. that's all i'm saying. >> charlie: so mitt romney's nomination to lose is what you're saying. >> sure. >> charlie: there's this also. mitt rulmitt romney as a bettern florida, he was a better debater, better at the wa