scarce resources for local governments. our election system is not a federal system. it is not a national system. it is all done at the local level. is it really a top priority to spend many tens and millions of dollars in a big county of texas for new electronic voting equipment compared to filling in potholes or policing the streets? there's always this tension and i think that's one of the reasons that we haven't seen some of the upgrades that are being recommended in this report. there are best practices here and there but has everyone adopted all of them? no, it's also not a one size fits all kind of system. if you have a rural -- not well populated county, does it make seps to have the same kind of systems in place as in urban county. >> thomas fitzgerald and todd gilman, big thanks to both of you gentleman. that's going to do it for me. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost.