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West Virginians have good cause to believe the security and fairness of our elections is in the right hands. After all, Secretary of State Mac Warner is so well regarded in that field that he testified Thursday before Congress about the security and confidence we have in our state's elections.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, is chairman of the Committee on House Administration. According to Warner's office, Steil invited him to "share West Virginia's track record of holding elections with confidence and security with cutting edge state tools and procedures."
This testimony is part of a committee hearing on "American Confidence in Elections: State Tools to Promote Voter Confidence."
Goodness knows we have enough damage to repair, after the calculated attack on our confidence by those who repeatedly shared falsehoods via any means available in an attempt to undermine the 2020 election.
It is reassuring, then, to know Warner was then and continues to be vigilant when it comes to what his office calls the foundation principles of successful elections: state autonomy to the federal government, the importance of maintaining voter confidence, and the limited role of the federal government in election administration.
His expertise and leadership have earned him a reputation as someone to whom other election officials across the nation can turn for guidance.
Perhaps Warner's testimony will help calm the nerves of those who are still clinging to those disproven claims from a few years back.
It should also give them the assurance that because of him and those all over the country who take their jobs just as seriously, Americans have every reason to be confident in our elections.