WITNESS LIST
Elections Committee
April  27, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  246
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)
 
 
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  247
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County & District Clerks Assn)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  248
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  249
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
     On:
Smith, Kim (Texas DPS, Driver License Div.)
 
 
 
 
HB  282
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brewer, Katie (Texans for Acct Govt PAC)
 
 
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Hanley, Shella  (Self)
 
 
Karp, Vickie (Vote Rescue)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Renick, Karen (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  361
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  420
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn (Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Texas PTA)
 
 
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  452
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  452 - Committee Substitute  (Heflin)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  820
 
    For:
Drumheller, II, Clell (Constitution Party, and National Veterans' Coalition)
 
 
Foster, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anderson, Mary  (Self)
 
 
Bostick, Samuel  (Self)
 
 
Brewer, Katie (Texans for Acct Govt PAC)
 
 
Bush, John (Texans for Accountable Government PAC)
 
 
Campbell, SueAnn  (Self)
 
 
Clark, Jenny  (Self)
 
 
DiBianca, Arthur (Libertarian Party of Texas)
 
 
Dickinson, Pamela  (Self)
 
 
Fonseca, Hope  (Self)
 
 
Fonseca, Jeff  (Self)
 
 
Greene, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Hunt, Sally  (Self)
 
 
Hunt, William  (Self)
 
 
Karp, Vickie (Vote Rescue)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
LeCroix, Christie  (Self)
 
 
Pate, Dot  (Self)
 
 
Rice, Carlisle (Texans for Accountable Government)
 
 
Sanborn, Alexander  (Self)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Warren, Barbara  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1821
 
    For:
Foster, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Fuson, David  (Self and Rep. John Davis)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hunt, Sally  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brewer, Katie (Texans for Acct Govt PAC)
 
 
Greene, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Karp, Vickie (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Anderson, Mary  (Self)
 
 
Campbell, Sueann  (Self)
 
 
Dickinson, Pamela  (Self)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
Warren, Barbara  (Self)
 
Against:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1927
 
    For:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  2274
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County & District Clerks Assn)
 
 
Villarreal, Alejandra  (Self)
 
 
Villarreal, Oscar (Webb County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hunt, Sally  (Self)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  2574
 
Against:
Bryan, Travis  (Self and Texas Association for Justice and Legal Reform (TAJLR))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Santana, Sonia  (Self and ACLU-TX)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  2847
 
    For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  3046
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  3048
 
    For:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
McDonald, Craig (Texas for Public Justice)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Whalen, Ken (Tx Daily Newspaper Association, Tx Press Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)
 
 
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reisman, David (Texas Ethics Commission)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
HB  3337
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Reisman, David (Texas Ethics Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  4392
 
    For:
Benavides, Jose  (Self)
 
 
Im, Ginju  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Choate, Dawn (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Winters, Tanya (Texas Advocates)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Galloway, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Warren, Barbara  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
HB  4653
 
    For:
Ashbrook, Joni  (Self)
 
 
Brewer, Katie (Texas for Acct Govt PAC)
 
 
Clark, Jenny  (Self)
 
 
DeLozier, Abbe Waldman (Election Defense Alliance)
 
 
Fox, Frederick  (Self)
 
 
Greene, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Hunt, Sally  (Self)
 
 
Karp, Vickie (Vote Rescue Texans for REAL Elections)
 
 
Landers, Lynn (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Phillips, Richard Hayes (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Renick, Karen (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Sputnik (Vote Rescue)
 
 
Stein, Mitchell  (Self)
 
 
Warren, Barbara  (Self and Vote Rescue)
 
 
Wynne, Kathleen (Vote Rescue)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collins, Mary Ann  (Self)
 
 
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bush, John (Texans for Accountable Government PAC)
 
 
Campbell, SueAnn  (Self)
 
 
Curtis, Linda  (Self and Independent Texans)
 
 
Dean, Sheila  (Self and 5-11 Campaign)
 
 
Dickinson, Pamela  (Self)
 
 
Drumheller, II, Clell (Constitution Party and National Veterans' Coalition)
 
 
Hanley, Sheila  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
 
 
Hunt, William  (Self)
 
 
Joyce, Daryl (511 Campaign - Americans Against Real ID)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
LeCroix, Christie  (Self)
 
 
McGeary, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Pate, Dot  (Self)
 
 
Peterson, Randall  (Self)
 
 
Robbins, Nancy  (Self and Texans for Accountable Government PAC)
 
 
Smith, Russell  (Self)
 
 
Snavely, Travis  (Self)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Weaver, Jonathan  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
Against:
Streater, Joy  (Self and County & District Clerks Assn)
 
 
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Stepney III, Alfonzie  (Self and Vote Rescue)
 
 
 
 
HB  4690
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Committee of County & District Clerks Assoc of TX)
 
 
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Smith, Russell  (Self)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County & District Clerks Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Tx Secretary of State)