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64050	71360	Hi everybody, I'm Dan Weber, the Chief Executive Officer for the Election Integrity Foundation.
71360	79260	That's the not-for-profit that is behind DEF CON's 28th Voting Village here in safe mode.
79260	86520	I'm coming to you live from outside of Quantico here in Virginia. And I would really want to
86520	92720	thank you for being part of day one. This kind of marks the end of today's speaker panel.
93420	100840	And all the different speakers that we had today, I mean, it was amazing. We had Senator Wyden,
100840	109360	Representative Jackie Spears, Secretary of State Wyman from Washington. It was quite a phenomenal
109360	120540	day. We really appreciate Martin Mikos' comments, as well as others. And all the speakers spoke
120540	129320	about the problem of making sure that there's not the signed legal disclosures, but really
129800	137600	to make sure that it is more open. And the disparity between some of the voting machine
137600	143220	companies and other things from the government making sure how to appropriately go about
143220	149180	reporting issues that are found within vulnerabilities and such within our election
149180	156160	process. It really does take a village and we really need to have the best and the brightest
156160	165980	involved along the way. Honestly, it looks like from our perspective, we've been taking baby steps
165980	172940	along the way. And there's a lot more that needs to be done. If you listen to Bryson Bort's
173580	178420	Fed panel, and Bryson's obviously a good friend of the Voting Village. He's over there at the
178420	184000	ICS Village as well. But he really brought everybody back around. And it was great to
184000	191300	see a light shone down upon all of the work that our government agencies are doing behind the scenes
191300	196480	to try everything they can in their power and everything that we're trying within us to make
196480	203360	sure that votes are counted in the election. As I said earlier in the opening statements,
203360	210780	really, it's up to us to make sure that people get out and they vote. And I'm saying voting is
210780	218400	at the very core of our democracy. It really is the principle of how we make sure that there are
218400	223700	elections. We also need to make sure that votes are counted so that there is a peaceful transition
223700	230140	of power, and that people believe the votes at the end of the day. You know, if you look at it
230140	238440	today, there are now 18,000, almost 19,000, close to 19,000 now unofficial members of the Discord
238440	245220	channel for Voting Village, and it's just the first day. So we all are taking it very seriously,
245220	252200	and we're very much excited to bring you yet another action-packed day in day two tomorrow
252200	259740	of the Voting Village. But guess what? We're not over yet today. It was really exciting for us
259740	266780	that our friends at HBO, and if you've seen the movie, or I should say the documentary,
266780	272760	Kill Chain, an awful lot of, you know, DEF CONs in there. We have The Dark Tangent,
272760	280620	then we have Mouse, and obviously my business partner and fellow organizer for the Voting
280620	288600	Village, Hari Hirsties, in it. My other partner, Maggie McAlpine, is in the video. It's just a,
288600	292520	it really does take a village. I also want to point out all the extraordinary efforts behind
292520	299920	the scenes of Mary Hanley in keeping us all on track so that, you know, we could bring this
299920	304800	to you today. Obviously, there's been a few little glitches along the way. It's our first time ever
304800	313460	doing this, you know, in this era of the pandemic. But tonight, though, we can, and even all the way
313460	323000	through Sunday evening at 11.59 p.m., HBO has opened up Kill Chain for you to sit there and
323000	333700	watch on YouTube. Tonight at 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 11 o'clock p.m. Eastern Standard
333700	341840	Time, we're going to do Q&A. That Q&A, you can watch the, you know what I'm saying, the panelists,
341840	350360	which would be Dark Tangent, Hari Hirstie, Sarah Thiel, the producer, and Maggie McAlpine will all
350360	357120	be available to watch on YouTube and Twitch. And you can go in and you can have interactive
357120	364380	questions answered via Discord. So we're very excited to, you know, give you this opportunity
364380	373980	on a Friday night. And we welcome your continued participation tomorrow and appreciate all that
373980	380670	you're doing and such. And, you know, by the way, we, you know, we couldn't do all this without,
380670	387730	you know, the funds and such. And so go out there and visit our swag page, get yourself a
387730	395030	Voting Village t-shirt and other things and such, and continue to help us bring not only
395030	403830	the Voting Village, but other voting and security education forward for the community through our
403830	409470	Election Integrity Foundation. Look forward to seeing you guys all tomorrow. Thanks again.