From the transcript

And so if it became burdensome in the weeks of candidate filing, I could ask 1 or 2 to come in and spend a day or 2 helping us. And then, and I don't think that would be cost prohibitive. And then we also have moved, bumped the week, bumped it a week early. So it gives us, it's, it's still 2 weeks, it's just 1 week earlier in the year. So it gives us an extra week to reach out to the candidate if they need extras.

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