jenny flanagan. mrs. flanagan's director of voting and elections at common cause. prior to that time she worked with the new york state legislature. she received her law degree and master's in social work at university of denver. as with all witnesses, mrs. flanagan, your full statement will be made part of the record. please go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator grassley, for the opportunity to testify here today about the deceptive practices and voter intimidation prevention act and how this bill provides proactive means to guard against this most heinous form of voter suppression we're talking about today. common cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering citizens, ordinary people, to make their voices heard in our political process. common cause along with its coalition partners including the election protection coalition have received numerous complaints over the years in our state offices around the country from colorado to wisconsin, from ohio to pennsylvania. we have been responding to the kinds of intimidation and mislea