. >> secretary gessler. >> i would echo those comments. i hope in your analysis you distinguish between early voting, as we in colorado define as in-person poll voting at a polling location versus absentee ballots. in colorado we've seen a huge drop-off in early voting, and that's in large part because we've seen a large increase in absentee voting by mail. so people who may have in the past showed up at a polling place early to vote instead of getting an absentee ballot. so in our nomenclature i hope you recognize when you say early voting, i look at it as polling place voting, and our data is directly opposite yours, at least the view that early voting has increased, whereas it decreased at the polling place. absentee voting has grown. >> go ahead. >> i wanted to address both of these. one, i appreciate that and welcome the opportunities that states have made and may be making to increase access in terms of allowing additional kinds of i.d.s to count. one of the things that we worked with states in promoting is written and signed affidav