. >> this is gerard gleason with the elections commission and david osmond with the department of theonment. chairperson kim: why don't we take mr. gleason first, if you just speak briefly. >> thank you for allowing me to be here today. just for background, i worked as the associate director of conservatory. we work on the environmental impact of pulp and paper on the street. in 1999 through 2002 i worked to produce the ballots and reduce the boater information pamphlet. i have been the core supervisor of the elections committee. mr. osmond is a former colleague of mine at conservatory. it is like old home week for me. i will allow him to explain the environmental impact and savings on this. frankly, there is going to be tremendous potential for taxpayer savings on this. there is a lot of redundancy in the ballots with people getting vote by mail and then the sample ballot. i want to address a very narrow focus. i appreciate that the supervisor's staff has discussed about an issue the election commission has been concerned about. this is the fact that people would have to get their e-