HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Elections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, April 27, 2005

PLACE: Capitol Extension, E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Mary Denny

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HB 166            Pena / et al.
Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.

HB 429            Dutton
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to
provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote.

HB 1414            Rodriguez
Relating to the date the early voting ballot board shall convene to
count certain ballots voted by mail.

HB 1555            Alonzo
Relating to the protection of the rights of Texas voters without
regard to race, color, ethnicity, or membership in a language
minority group.

HB 1721            Baxter / et al.
Relating to eligibility of voters to sign ballot access petitions.

HB 1790            Rodriguez
Relating to the use of alternate forms of voting in certain
elections.

HB 1953            Dutton
Relating to the manner in which certain reports of political
contributions and expenditures must be filed with the Texas Ethics
Commission.

HB 2056            Coleman
Relating to the provision of voter registration applications to
graduating high school students and incoming college students;
providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2073            Alonzo
Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and
related procedures.

HB 2102            Homer
Relating to the filling of vacancies in certain county offices by a
special election.

HB 2207            Alonzo
Relating to allowing a political subdivision to hold a local option
election on whether a lawfully admitted resident alien may vote in
an election held by the political subdivision.

HB 2259            Baxter
Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.

HB 2487            Gonzalez Toureilles / et
Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an election contest.

HB 2508            Bohac
Relating to exceptions to the use of uniform election dates.

HB 2632            Vo
Relating to the notice provided on changing a polling location in
an election.

HB 2693            Anchia
Relating to creating a statewide ballot for a person who casts a
ballot outside the precinct in which the voter is registered.

HB 2721            Gattis
Relating to the eligibility to vote in special utility district
elections.

HB 2969            Menendez
Relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early
voting roster.

HB 3083            Kolkhorst
Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.

HB 3138            Castro
Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and
related procedures.

HB 3171            Geren
Relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.

HB 3383            Rodriguez
Relating to the process for the approval of voting systems.

HB 3457            Baxter
Relating to the appointment of an alternate presiding judge at the
central counting station for processing electronic voting system
results.

HJR 66            Alonzo
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing by local option for
a lawfully admitted resident alien to vote in an election held by a
political subdivision.

HJR 84            Allen, Alma
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United
States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote
for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

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