ms. macnamara? you testified that voter verification and purchased are "far more likely to disenfranchise properly registered voters than to correct errors." you have not addressed the danger of diluting eligible voters by allowing eligible votes. i have adopted a procedure by verifying eligibility it that provides a high level of due process before someone can be removed from the rolls. this transparent process enjoys strong bipartisan support, including our lifelong democrat attorney general bubba be stating that protects eligible voters while rooting out of it in an eligible voters. what evidence do you have that i walked's procedures disenfranchise proper voters? >> >> apologize i am not familiar with the specifics of the iowa stat sheet. i can only address the general evidence we have seen, which is that these purchases are not necessarily based on a very good data and we are seeing eligible voters that are being stricken from the list or being asked to prove that they are who they are, usually

ms. macnamara, please go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman and leaders of the committee.ay an assault on voters is sweeping across the country. state-by-state this is one of the greatest self-inflicted threats to our democracy and our lifetime. these new laws threaten to silence the voices of those we started really listen to in this country. the elderly racial and i think minorities young, disabled and even veterans. since 2011 we've seen a huge increase in the number of new voter suppression laws enacted at the state level. nine states have passed the restricted photo i.d. laws. three states passed laws requiring documented proof of citizenship is a prerequisite to voting. four states have made it more difficult for groups like the league of women voters to register voters. five states would eliminate or shorten periods of early voting. what is especially disappointing as politicians are too often imposing restrictions in order to manipulate the elect trip for their own political gain. this is wrong, and this is the real threat to the integrity of our elections. acceler