WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 1, 2013 - 10:30 AM

            HB 179

                 Against:

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

                                 Mott, Vernagene (Texas Assoociation of SchoolBoards)

                 On:

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

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Francis, Lauren (City of El Paso)

                 Against:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

            HB 600

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Tx Coalition of  Veterans Organizations)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris county clerk's Office)

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

                 On:

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

            HB 1037

                 Against:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (County clerk)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Self; Galveston Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

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

                 On:

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

            HB 1428

                 For:

                                 Emmert, Wade (Dallas County Republican Party)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris county clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                 Against:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Moffitt, Jill (Self; Harris county Democratic party)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

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

                 Against:

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (SMART(United Transportation Union))

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

            HB 1857

                 For:

                                 Emmert, Wade (Dallas County Republican Party)

                 Against:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (SMART(United Transportation Union))

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Self; Galveston Tax Office)

                 On:

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1958

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Moffitt, Jill (Self; Harris County Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Dean, Kat (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Lyznik, Karolina (MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)

                 Against:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston Count Tax Office)

                 On:

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

                                 Jackson, Wroe (Office of the Secretary of State)

            HB 2060

                 For:

                                 Emmert, Wade (Dallas County Republican Party)

                                 Glass (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)

                                 Glass, Tom (Libertarian Party of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Rosemary (Self; Travis county republican party)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (SMART(United Transportation Union))

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Self; Galveston Tax Office)

                 On:

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

            HB 2263

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Tx Coalition of  Veterans Organizations)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Self; Galveston Tax Office)

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

                 On:

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

            HB 2512

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

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

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston county tax office)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Tx Coalition of  Veterans Organizations)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Self; Galveston Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (SMART(United Transportation Union))

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 On:

                                 Jackson, Wroe (Office of the Secretary of State)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Terry, Michael (TX DPS)

            HB 2570

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Moffitt, Jill (Self; Harris county Democratic party)

                 Against:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county tax office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                 Against:

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

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

                 On:

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

            HJR 44

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Francis, Lauren (City of El Paso)

                 Against:

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

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

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

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