1 00:01:04,050 --> 00:01:11,360 Hi everybody, I'm Dan Weber, the Chief Executive Officer for the Election Integrity Foundation. 2 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:19,260 That's the not-for-profit that is behind DEF CON's 28th Voting Village here in safe mode. 3 00:01:19,260 --> 00:01:24,680 I'm coming to you live from outside of Quantico here in Virginia. 4 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,680 And I would really want to thank you for being part of day one. 5 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,720 This kind of marks the end of today's speaker panel. 6 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:38,060 And all the different speakers that we had today, I mean, it was amazing. 7 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:47,420 We had Senator Wyden, Representative Jackie Spears, Secretary of State Wyman from Washington. 8 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:50,120 It was quite a phenomenal day. 9 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:58,220 We really appreciate Martin Mikos' comments, as well as others. 10 00:01:58,220 --> 00:02:12,740 And all the speakers spoke about the problem of making sure that there's not the signed legal disclosures, but really to make sure that it is more open. 11 00:02:12,740 --> 00:02:29,920 And the disparity between some of the voting machine companies and other things from the government making sure how to appropriately go about reporting issues that are found within vulnerabilities and such within our election process. 12 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:38,280 It really does take a village and we really need to have the best and the brightest involved along the way. 13 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:47,660 Honestly, it looks like from our perspective, we've been taking baby steps along the way. 14 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:50,660 And there's a lot more that needs to be done. 15 00:02:50,660 --> 00:02:57,680 If you listen to Bryson Bort's Fed panel, and Bryson's obviously a good friend of the Voting Village. 16 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,320 He's over there at the ICS Village as well. 17 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,160 But he really brought everybody back around. 18 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:20,500 And it was great to see a light shone down upon all of the work that our government agencies are doing behind the scenes to try everything they can in their power and everything that we're trying within us to make sure that votes are counted in the election. 19 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:28,280 As I said earlier in the opening statements, really, it's up to us to make sure that people get out and they vote. 20 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:32,720 And I'm saying voting is at the very core of our democracy. 21 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:39,380 It really is the principle of how we make sure that there are elections. 22 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:48,420 We also need to make sure that votes are counted so that there is a peaceful transition of power, and that people believe the votes at the end of the day. 23 00:03:48,680 --> 00:04:03,160 You know, if you look at it today, there are now 18,000, almost 19,000, close to 19,000 now unofficial members of the Discord channel for Voting Village, and it's just the first day. 24 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:14,440 So we all are taking it very seriously, and we're very much excited to bring you yet another action-packed day in day two tomorrow of the Voting Village. 25 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,440 But guess what? 26 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,440 We're not over yet today. 27 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:31,300 It was really exciting for us that our friends at HBO, and if you've seen the movie, or I should say the documentary, Kill Chain, an awful lot of, you know, DEF CONs in there. 28 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:43,080 We have The Dark Tangent, then we have Mouse, and obviously my business partner and fellow organizer for the Voting Village, Hari Hirsties, in it. 29 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,000 My other partner, Maggie McAlpine, is in the video. 30 00:04:47,260 --> 00:04:50,120 It's just a, it really does take a village. 31 00:04:50,120 --> 00:05:00,940 I also want to point out all the extraordinary efforts behind the scenes of Mary Hanley in keeping us all on track so that, you know, we could bring this to you today. 32 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:03,920 Obviously, there's been a few little glitches along the way. 33 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,720 It's our first time ever doing this, you know, in this era of the pandemic. 34 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:25,240 But tonight, though, we can, and even all the way through Sunday evening at 11.59 p.m., HBO has opened up Kill Chain for you to sit there and watch on YouTube. 35 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,660 Tonight at 8 p.m. 36 00:05:28,660 --> 00:05:32,360 Pacific Daylight Time, 11 o'clock p.m. 37 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,240 Eastern Standard Time, we're going to do Q&A. 38 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:54,420 That Q&A, you can watch the, you know what I'm saying, the panelists, which would be Dark Tangent, Hari Hirstie, Sarah Thiel, the producer, and Maggie McAlpine will all be available to watch on YouTube and Twitch. 39 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:59,840 And you can go in and you can have interactive questions answered via Discord. 40 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:07,100 So we're very excited to, you know, give you this opportunity on a Friday night. 41 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:15,740 And we welcome your continued participation tomorrow and appreciate all that you're doing and such. 42 00:06:15,740 --> 00:06:22,150 And, you know, by the way, we, you know, we couldn't do all this without, you know, the funds and such. 43 00:06:22,150 --> 00:06:45,070 And so go out there and visit our swag page, get yourself a Voting Village t-shirt and other things and such, and continue to help us bring not only the Voting Village, but other voting and security education forward for the community through our Election Integrity Foundation. 44 00:06:45,130 --> 00:06:48,530 Look forward to seeing you guys all tomorrow. 45 00:06:48,530 --> 00:06:49,470 Thanks again.