lousiana uses a much smaller amount of paper than other states for election. in the 2020 presidential election, 7% of the 2.1 million votes cast in louisiana whereby paper. if we had to piece mail the supplies we needed to execute the election, how will other states -- will other states with greater needs managed? the eac is election administration and voting survey stated that over 42 million mail-in ballots were transmitted over the country, over 85% of the nation's jurisdiction newspaper or paper component in their voting system. we must consider that states need paper supplies for mail ballots, envelopes, voter instructions, our poll books and may need special types of paper to comply with their state law. in 2017, the department of homeland security declared election infrastructure as critical infrastructure. then, secretary of the department of homeland security, jeh johnson said, the designation makes it clear that domestically and internationally that election infrastructure enjoys all of the benefits and protections of critical infrastructure that the