WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            March 18, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 259

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Co and district clerks legislative. Cmte)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Krause, Matt (Self)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                                 Washington, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                                 Houston, Scott (Texas municipal league)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas conference of urban counties)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davidson, Donna (Self)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Smith, Walt (Scenic Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 331

                 For:

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 On:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bono, Marisa (MALDEF)

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; Coffee Party austin)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

            HB 396

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                 On:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Dana.debeauvoir)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; County and district clerk legislative comt)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Republican County Chairmans Assoc.)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 666

                 For:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 On:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Dana.debeauvoir)

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                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

            HB 966

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bono, Marisa (Self; MALDEF)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Sanders (Self; Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund)

                                 Sanders, Christina (Self; Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Gaston, James (Texas afl-cio)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; Coffee Party austin)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

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            HB 985

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Dana.debeauvoir)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County Elections)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 986

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 On:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bono, Marisa (Self; MALDEF)

                                 Gaston, James (Texas afl-cio)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1303

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Dana debeauvoir)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; Coffee Party austin)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas conference of urban counties)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1840

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; County and district clerks legislative comt)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Dana.debeauvoir)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairmans Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Dean, Kathryn (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston county tax office)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; Coffee Party austin)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas conference of urban counties)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

            HB 1871

                 For:

                                 Walts, John (Utopia school district)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                                 Oldham, John (Self; Texas Association of Election Administrators)

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