then we will hear from ground zero of the 2012 elections, the secretary general of ohio, john huston, who has had served as a speaker of the ohio house and senate and finally, michael pitz, a law professor and expert in voting rights and related matters. he is an attorney in the voting rights the sector of with the justice department. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here and i must say i was here four years ago and honored to be back again and have the opportunity. we are talking about insuring integrity and access and i was asked to talk about what va. -- west wets -- what west virginia does. west virginia does have identification laws and many of them follow what many other states to as far as when it comes to the health of america voted act. i will give you a brief of what it takes. since we had our discussions today, this is a very bad thing from what i am understanding. i am trying to get rid of this in west virginia. this is your mail in voter registration application. this costs about $6 and i would like to be able to have on-line registration. the help america vo

i will now pass the gavel to secretary john huston. >> thank you, congresswomen elect beaty.the enduring traditions in american democracy is the orderly transition of power, or in this case, the retention of it. this orderly transition of power, particularly as it relates to the power of the presidency, makes america great and unique. it is a tradition that has stood the test of time. it is an honor for me and for all of us to play our role in this respect chapter of our state and nation's history. as required by law, all electors have been notified of the time and place of this meeting. electors had until noon to appear at this meeting of the electoral college, and it should reflect that the time now is at 12:12:00 p.m.. -- 12:00 p.m. we will call the roll of electors to ascertain whether all members are present. i now ask the state -- the state representative to call the role of the presidential electors. -- the roll of the presidential electors. >> tracy herd, william young, michael friedman, ann blach, william j. healing the ii, kathena heranie, wafde kapachav itz -- i be

and then we will hear from ground zero of the 2012 election as the secretary of state of ohio, john huston, who has had a distinguished career before his current job in the ohio legislature and having served as speaker of the ohio house and a member of the senate. then finally, michael pitts a law professor from indiana university and a specialist in voting rights and the administration and related matters and a law clerk on the eighth circuit and attorney of the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. so i think first we will hear from the secretary of state. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here. and i must say that as the secretary elect, i was here four years ago and honored to be back again and have the opportunity. and we are talking about insuring integrity and valid access at the same time and what i was asked to talk about is what wv does and how we have our own voter i.d. law and we yes wv does have a voter identification laws, and many of them follow what many other states followed especially when it comes to the help america at

from ground zero of the 2012 elections, the secretary of state, john huston, who has had a distinguished career before the current job in the ohio legislature. finally, michael pitts, a law professor at indiana university, a specialist in indiana voting rights and related matters. an attorney in the voting rights -- voting rights section. first we will hear from the secretary of state. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here. i must say that as the secretary of left, i am honored to be back again and have the opportunity. we are talking about insuring integrity and ballot access and voter access at the same time. i was asked to talk about what west virginia does and our voter id laws. yes, we have a voter identification laws. many of them follow what other states follow when it comes to the help america vote act and their requirements. i would give you a brief on what it takes. the help america vote act, essentially our discussion today was that it was a very bad thing, from what i am understanding. i am trying to get rid of this mailman voter registration application. remembe