WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            March 25, 2013 - 11:00 AM

            HB 728

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 On:

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

            HB 816

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerks office)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Castellanohoyt, Julia (Self; Aarp)

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Easton, Dan (Self; Texas Press Association and Victoria Advocate)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information of Texas Foundation, texas Press Assoc.)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of information foundation of texas and texas press

                                 association)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Hartman, Fred (Self; Hartman Newspapers, L.P., Texas Press Association, Freedom of

                                 Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle, Dallas Morning

                                 News)

                                 Stephenson, Thomas (Texas Press Association and Houston Chronicle)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Republican County Chairs Association)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Patrick, John (Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Salvaggio, Natalie (ACLU of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

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

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Williams, Emily (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

            HB 1252

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerks office)

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

                 Against:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self; Co and district clerks legisl cmte)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Moffitt, Jill (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

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

                 On:

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

            HB 1560

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

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

                 Against:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                 On:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerk office)

                 On:

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

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            HB 1999

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Trigg (Public citizen)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Meadows, Randle (Arlington Police Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers Union)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self)

            HB 2110

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 On:

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

            HB 2223

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Trigg (Public citizen)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

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

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salvaggio, Natalie (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Republican  County Chairs Association)

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            HB 2272

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beck, Richard (Aransas County Commissioner' s Court)

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

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

            HB 2465

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerk office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Trigg (Public citizen)

                                 Lyznik, Karolina (MALDEF MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND

                                 EDUCATIONAL FUND)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Patrick, John (Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Salvaggio, Natalie (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

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

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Republican County Chairs Association)

            HB 2475

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris co clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                 On:

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

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