WITNESS LIST
Elections Committee
April 27, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Geib, Doug (Travis tax office)
Mason, Barbara (Self)
Mason, Barbara (Self)
Wyman, Stephen (Self)
Against:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
On:
Sawatsky, Janie (DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albert, David (Self)
Alesch, Noel (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bieri, James (Self)
Bieri, Sandra (Self)
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Booker, Denee (Self)
Caballero, Darcy (Self; Travis county democratic party)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Camarillo, Lydia (Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project)
Cana, Jeremy (Self; University of Texas Student)
Cardenas, Jeffrey (Self; Think Voting inc.)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Cruz, Nyssa (Self)
Das, Saurabh (Self)
Davis, Christopher (Self)
Derheimer, Samuel (Pew Charitable Trusts)
Deshotel, Joe (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Duron, Patricia (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis County Tax Assessor& Voter Registrar)
Ferraro, Alex (Self)
Finn (Self)
Flint, Cindy (Self)
Forbes, Lee (Texas AFL-CIO)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Garcia, Emmanuel (Texas Democratic Party)
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For:
Geyer, Tracy (Self)
Gilby, Kimberly (Self)
Gilby, Ralph (Self)
Gonzales, Patricia (William C Velasquez Institute)
Goodrum, Shelby (Self)
Gray, Elizabeth (Self)
Hamill, Joe (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)-
Texas)
Hamilton, Bill (Self)
Hernandez, Amanda (Self)
Hurta, Michael (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kugle, Cherry (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lester, Nancy (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Lopez, Jason (Self)
Martinez, Stephanie (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
McCulloch, Mark (Self)
McFarland, Jane (Self)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Nelson, Jim (Self; ThinkVoting, Inc.)
Odell, Kiefer (Self)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Patrick, Mary (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Perkins, Crystal (Self)
Peters, Susan (Self)
Pipkin, Cynthia (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Reilly, Wendy (HID Global)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Common Ground for Texans)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Rodriguez, Olga (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Rotz, Ben (Self)
Rotz, Jessica (Self)
Saenz, Danny (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)
Santori, Francis (Self; ThinkVoting)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
Schilt, Paige (Self)
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For:
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Seippel, Julie (Self)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Simonds, Tessa (Self; Texas Democratic Party)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Thomas, David (Self)
Trietsch Chaney, Paula (Self)
Vickers, Sandra (Self)
Wallig, Zachary (Self)
Waters-Cofer, Katherine (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Cravens, Peggy (Self)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Lasher, Olga (Self)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Harvel (Self)
Kimbriel, Todd (Dept of information resouces)
For:
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Against:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Cardenas, Jeffrey (Self; Think Voting inc.)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Hamilton, Bill (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hamilton, Drew (Self)
Hamilton, Drew (Self)
Hurta, Michael (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Richards, Joanne (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Santori, Francis (Self; ThinkVoting)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
For:
Derheimer, Samuel (Pew Charitable Trusts)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Against:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Kimbriel, Todd (Dept of information resources)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albert, David (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Camarillo, Lydia (Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project)
Cardenas, Jeffrey (Self; Think Voting inc.)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Das, Saurabh (Self)
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For:
Das, Saurabh (Self)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis County Tax Assessor& Voter Registrar)
Forbes, Lee (Texas AFL-CIO)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Garcia, Emmanuel (Texas Democratic Party)
Gonzales, Patricia (William C Velasquez Institute)
Gray, Elizabeth (Self)
Hurta, Michael (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kugle, Cherry (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mason, Barbara (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Nelson, Jim (Self; ThinkVoting, Inc.)
Odell, Kiefer (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Common Ground for Texans)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)
Santori, Francis (Self; ThinkVoting)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Seippel, Julie (Self)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Sawatsky, Janie (DPS)
For:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Against:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
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On:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Santori, Francis (Self; ThinkVoting)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Sawatsky, Janie (DPS)
For:
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Santori, Francis (Self; ThinkVoting)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Against:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
White, Jonathan (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cravens, Peggy (Self)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Lasher, Olga (Self)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Against:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
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Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Perales, Nina (MALDEF)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Sawatsky, Janie (DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Camarillo, Lydia (Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis County Tax Assessor& Voter Registrar)
Gonzales, Patricia (William C Velasquez Institute)
Hurta, Michael (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis County Tax Assessor& Voter Registrar)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Shelton, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Sargent, William k. (County clerk's legislative committee)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
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