mr. jerdonic's assistance and files. you can read using open source scripts that were developed and there are many other avenues that we can take even before lafco commences or finishes the study and a contract with the system. >> thank you for your work. mr. chairman i do have one public comment card. david kerr y. >> thank you supervisors. i am david kerry and i want to speak in favor of this resolution and also thank those including those of you who have been supportive of this issue and have been instrumental in bringing this forward here today. i wanted to speak very briefly about two things. one is to affirm the value of open source and open voting systems to improving our elections, and also to offer some kind of personal observations i've had about the need for improving public confidence in san francisco's elections. i have been an author of free open source software learkz related that was used to help verify the results of san francisco elections and occasion offer places where votes could be corrected and tha