Our Tom Rossmeissl was at the Brennan Center’s conference on election reform yesterday in Washington D.C. at the National Press Club, and live-tweeted the affair.

At “Creating a Modern Voting System” event w/ @brennancenter at the @pressclubdc — time to upgrade our voting system twitter.com/WhyTuesday/sta…

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

Alvin Jaeger, #nd SoS, just spoke. Only state with no voter reg.. Asks congress not to force them to change – it’s “working pretty well”

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

#MN has battled in the courts, legislature, &ballot to preserve elec day registration. Also using #or as model in implementing vote by mail

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

Beverly Hudnut from Campaign Legal Center: lots of common ground from both parties about problems & need to solve them. Devil in the details

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

. @brennancenter: need congressional action & min standards for voter reg. Must be portable & ability to update reg info online or at polls

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

. @brennancenter : modernizing registration can be a net cost benefit for states. Just need startup costs (that get recouped quickly)

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

#nd‘s jaeger: troubling when legislators pursue reform w/o actually working the polls or at least talking to the election officials.

— Why Tuesday? (@WhyTuesday) January 24, 2013

Read HuffPost’s coverage of the event here.