meredith dell platts and richard dell chaim. we have two core substantive objectives that animate our work.chaim. we have two core substantive objectives that animate our worchaim. we have two core substantive objectives that animate our worhaim. we have two core substantive objectives that animate our work. we are pursuing a voting program that seeks to ensure access to the democratic participation for all legally qualified voters and we have a program that ensures the opportunity to participate in the democratic process, free from discrimination. we're in the middle of the wiz biziest busiest periods in our life, and i would like to talk about all of the areas that you mentioned. let me begin with our work in the section 5 area. as you know, section 5 is one of the linchpins of voting rights act and it applies to all or part of our 16 states. the redistricting push comes to us for review under these preclearance standards. we did a lot of work getting ready for this moment. last year we published updated substantive guidance.