cristy mccormick, tom hicks, and matthew masterson, who may or may not be here today. i'm not sure. [laughter] i heard you were all here today, should have googled what you look like. [laughter] so i could've probably pointed at you. apologies for not doing that. last month, the eac was able to meet with the commission for the first time in four years. it immediately took action to address some of the recommendation raising the commission's report including accrediting a voting system test laboratory considering important updates to the standards for testing voting systems and used throughout the country. and we thank you for your immediate action so quickly after being confirmed. earlier this month the president joined thousands of americans in selma to mark the anniversary of the march from selma to montgomery that led to the voter rights act of 1965. 50 years later, the members of this commission, and the work you do to serve as prime examples of how we can come together from across the country and from different parties and different political persuasions to make voting easier f

cristy mccormick, tom hicks, and matthew masterson, who may or may not be here today. i'm not sure. i heard you were all here today, should have googled what you look like. so i could've probably pointed at you. apologies for not doing that. last month, the eac was able to meet with the commission for the first time in four years. it immediately took action to address some of the recommendation raising the commission's report, including accrediting a voting system test laboratory considering important updates to the standards for testing voting systems and used throughout the country. and we thank you for your immediate action so quickly after being confirmed. earlier this month the president joined thousands of americans in selma to mark the anniversary of the march from selma to montgomery that led to the voter rights act of 1965. 50 years later, the members of this commission, and the work you do to serve as prime examples of how we can come together from across the country and from different parties and different political persuasions to make voting easier for every american, re

tremendous amount of help to come up with recommendations masterson and campbell and the folks in tom hicksly be able to put some focus on it. his role in michigan. test he was saying something about registration working with the election office there are a lot of things on the table. voting systems are something that we see. but the full implementation of the voter registration act which has not occurred. this report helped highlight that. every person eligible ought to be a registered voter and have that opportunity offered when doing business with the department of motor vehicles. but the data shows is that is just not the case. we have highlighted that as a a way across the board to get a higher registration rate to make it more convenient for voters. with this report is all about is the voters not political parties or election officials but the voters making the experience a better experience on election day. the worst thing is to show up on election day and not have your name in the book and your drivers license have the proper address on it. when the dmv step up and fully implement w

last year the president nominated three new commissioners kristy kristi mccormick, tom hick and matthew masterson who may or may not be here today. i heard you were all here today and i should've googled what you looked like so i could've pointed you out so my apologies for not doing that. last month the eac was able to meet with the committee and immediately took action to address the recommendations in the report including important updates to testing systems used throughout the country. thank you for your immediate immediate action so quickly after being elected. earlier this month the president visited thousands of america in selma to mark the anniversary of the march that led to voting rights of 1965. fifty years later the members came together from across the country from different parties and political persuasions to make voting easier for every american recognizing that participation is at the core of our democracy i'm honored to be here with cochairs bob and ben and to kick off this great conversation. i very much thank you for your attention and for inviting me today. be back

christie campbell and the folks with tom hicks in the eac have really got a lot of the lion's share of getting this put into place. so it will be a solution to it. and i think that it is one of the things that came out of the commission was hopefully by being able to put focus on it. and chris thomas who is one of our commissioners has spent a tremendous amount of time in his role in michigan and in dealing with the issue. i will task you with saying something about the administration. as well. i know that you care deeply about aspects of the administration. and in particular. the debt. the motor vehicles and michigan is really a model for working with the election office. and sharing lists do not want to say something about that, as a key recommendation? it is key. as my co-chair indicated, there is a lot on the table. voting systems are one of them that we see approaching. but an ongoing one has been the full implementation of the national voter registration act that really has not yet occurred. this report helped to highlight that. and every person who is eligible ought to be a regi

matt masterson and christy camp campbell and tom hicks have really got a lot of the lions share of gettingso that there can actually be a solution to it, but i think it is one of the things that came out of the commission was hopefully being able to put some focus on it. certainly, chris thomas who was one of our commissioners has spent a tremendous amount of time in his role in michigan in dealing with the issue. >> maybe i could turn to chris. i was going to task you with saying something about registration. you care deeply about many aspects of registration, but in particular the department of motor vehicles in michigan is a model for working with the election office and sharing lists. do you want to say a little about that as a key recommendation? >> it is a key, as my co-chair indicated, there's a lot of things on the table. voting systems are certainly one of them that we all see approaching. but an ongoing one has been the full implementation of the voter registration act, which really has not yet occurred. this report helped highlight that. every person who is eligible ought to be