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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 8, 2013 - 10:00 AM

            HB 506

                 Against:

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                                 Woodward, Lee (City of Huntsville)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                 Against:

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county elections)

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

                                 Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 582

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Trigg (Public citizen)

                                 McDonald, Craig (Self; Texans for Public Justice)

                                 Richards, Joanne (League of Women Voters Texass)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gullahorn, Jack (Self; Professional advocacy association of texas)

                 On:

                                 Ashley, Natalia Luna (Texas Ethics Comission)

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 960

                 For:

                                 Self, Keith (Collin County)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)

                 Against:

                                 Smith, Jason (Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                                                                               1


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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 961

                 For:

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)

                 Against:

                                 Kayser, Mary (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Woodward, Lee (City of Huntsville)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 962

                 For:

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)

                 On:

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

            HB 1256

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 2093

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

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

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Camarillo, Lydia (Self; Southwest Voter Registration Education Project)

                                 Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fishman, Marsha (Self)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county elections)

                                 Patrick, John (Self; Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Perales, Nina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))

                                 Pippins-Poole, Toni (Dallas County Elections)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                                 Richards, Joanne (League of Women Voters Texass)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Duarte, Carlos (Mi familia vota)

                                 Fugman, Virginia (Self)

                                 Glazer, Matt (Self; Progress Texas)

                                 Gonzales, Patricia (Self; William C Velasquez Institute)

                                 Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Assn)

                                 Martin, Phillip (Texas Research Institute)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                                                                               3


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                 Against:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter  sierra club)

                                 Salvaggio, Natalie (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Trahan, Zac (Self)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of Texas)

            HB 2372

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Against:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county elections)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise County Elections and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

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

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Duarte, Carlos (Mi familia vota)

                                 Fishman, Marsha (Self)

                                 Fugman, Virginia (Self)

                                 Glazer, Matt (Self; Progress Texas)

                                 Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Martin, Phillip (Texas Research Institute)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Patrick, John (Self; Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter  sierra club)

                                 Salvaggio, Natalie (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Trahan, Zac (Self)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of Texas)

                                                                                               4


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                 On:

                                 Perales, Nina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))

            HB 2503

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise County Elections and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Pippins-Poole, Toni (Dallas County)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

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

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 2515

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self)

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanen)

                 On:

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

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

            HB 2538

                 For:

                                 Capehart, Sheri (Self; City of Arlington)

                                 Kayser, Mary (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Woodward, Lee (City of Huntsville)

                 Against:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Evans, Sherryl (Self)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county elections)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise County Elections and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ohlendorf, Pamela (Self; Caldwell county Elections)

                                 Pardo, Joy (Caldwell county)

                 Against:

                                 Pippins-Poole, Toni (Dallas County)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 2848

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

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

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

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Fishman, Marsha (Self)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                                 Pippins-Poole, Toni (Dallas County Elections)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Camarillo, Lydia (Self; Southwest Voter Registration Education Project)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Co and district clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Duarte, Carlos (Mi familia vota)

                                 Fugman, Virginia (Self)

                                 Glazer, Matt (Self; Progress Texas)

                                 Gonzales, Patricia (Self; William C Velasquez Institute)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)

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

                                 Martin, Phillip (Texas Research Institute)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Patrick, John (Self; Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter  sierra club)

                                 Richards, Joanne (League of Women Voters Texass)

                                 Trahan, Zac (Self)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of Texas)

            HB 2984

                 For:

                                 Gullahorn, Jack (Self; Professional advocacy association of texas)

            HB 3049

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (Dana.debeauvoir@co travis.tx.us)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Against:

                                 Capehart, Sheri (Self; City of Arlington)

                                 Greytok, John (City of Missouri City)

                                 Kayser, Mary (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Krienke, Trent (Castro County Hospital District, Childress County Hospital District, and

                                 Gonzales Healthcare Systems)

                                 Norris, Marcus (City of Amarillo)

                                 Pippins-Poole, Toni (Dallas County Elections)

                 On:

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                                 Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                                 MABRY, MILAM (The City of Carrollton, Texas)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Richards, Joanne (League of Women Voters Texass)

                                 Richardson, Jody (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Scott, Natalie (Coats Rose)

                                 Short, Jim (Houston real estate council)

                                 Woodward, Lee (City of Huntsville)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of Texas)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3257

                 Against:

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Garner, Jerry (Lindale volunteer fire dept / Smith County ESD 1)

                                 Harris, Howard (Self; Noonday volunteer fire department and Smith County Firefighters assoc)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

            HB 3593

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Lopez, Dee (Self; Travis County Tax Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (TexasDemocratic Party)

                 Against:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Camarillo, Lydia (Self; Southwest Voter Registration Education Project)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self)

                                 Gonzales, Patricia (Self; William C Velasquez Institute)

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

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Richards, Joanne (League of Women Voters Texass)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Erin (Trye the Vote NOW)

                                 Fishman, Marsha (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, elections division)

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