wesley wilcox. secretary ardoin has served as louisiana secretary of state since 2018, previously serving as the first assistant secretary of state eight years prior to that. a long time being near this job and doing this job he also currently serves as the president of the national association of secretaries of state and on the election infrastructure subsector coordinating council esther wilcox has served as a supervisor of elections for marion county, florida since 2012. another decade of service in this job. he processes and possesses more than 30 years of experience in the election industry currently serves as the president of florida supervisor of elections association and is chairman of the election infrastructure sharing and analysis center, executive committee. we look forward to it all five of you have to say today. sen. klobuchar: if the witnesses could stand and raise the right hand. do you swear that this testimony is the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you, you

wesley wilcox, supervisor of elections for berrien county, florida. kyler ardoin has had a long time in this job and doing this job. he also currently serves as the president of the national association of secretaries of state and on the election infrastructure subsector coordinating council. mr. wilcox has served as a supervisor of elections for marion county, florida since 2012, another decade of service in this job. he possesses more than 30 years of experience in the election industry and currently serves as the board of florida election supervisors association and is the chairman for infrastructure and information sharing in the analysis executive center committee. all five of you have to say today -- we look forward to what all five of you have to say today. >> will all witnesses raise their right hand? do you swear the testimony you give beforethank you, you may bd -- you may proceed and we will recognize each witness for five minutes. go ahead, secretary. >> thank, chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member blunt, and other esteemed members of the s

i thank you for being here, louisiana secretary of state are to one, and wesley wilcox come supervisor of elections fory, marion county florida. in 2020 we saw election officials across the country rise to the challenge of holding elections in a global pandemic, and we thank everyone of you for that. thanks in large part to the work of the local election officials and volunteers, and everyone who took part. we had f more options for americans to cast a ballot. and because of that, more americans voted than ever before in the middle of a global pandemic. it's kind of an extraordinary fact for our democracy and certainly a tribute to the work of local election officials. at the time the department of homeland security declared the 2020 election the most secure election in our country. now, election officials are working to prepare for and administer this year midterm elections, ten states have already held primary elections, and dozens more will do so through the summer. as we know one of our witnesses, secretary chapman, just held pennsylvania's primary on tuesday with voting already un