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WITNESS LIST
Committee of the Whole Senate
March 10, 2009 - 10:00 AM **
SB  362
 
FOR:
 
Benkiser, Tina   (Self; Rep. Party of Texas),  Houston, TX
 
Carter, James E.   (Republican Party of Bell County and PCT 209),  Harker Heights, TX
 
Collins, Mary Ann   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Cotton, Hazel  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Texarkana, TX
 
Hicks, Kathy  (also providing written testimony)  (Bowie County),  Texarkana, TX
 
Hicks, Rusty   (Bowie Co. Republican Party),  Texarkana, TX
 
Holloway, Judy   (Self),  Lakeway, TX
 
Mendoza, Sylvia A.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Rawson, Duane H.   (Self),  Goldthwaite, TX
 
Wallace, B.R. (Skipper)  (also providing written testimony)  (TRCCA),  Lampasas, TX
 
Watkins, John E.   (Self),  Wills Point, TX
 
Williams, Edward B.   (Self),  Kilgore, TX
 
Williamson, Mark   (Federal Intercessors (Ministry)),  Katy, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Ashbrook, Joni   (Self),  Bastrop, TX
 
Bledsoe, Gary L.  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Borel, Dennis   (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
Camarillo, Lydia  (also providing written testimony)  (SUREP),  San Antonio, TX
 
Correira, Marsha   (Self),  Elgin, TX
 
Davidson, Chandler  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
de los Santos, Renato   (Self; LULAC, District III),  Dallas, TX
 
Dewar, Madeleine   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Edelman, Patti   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Figueroa, Luis   (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF)),  San Antonio, TX
 
Flippin, Kenneth   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Fluker, Dr. Rod   (Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education),  Austin, TX
 
Foster, Vanessa Edwards   (Texas Gender Advocacy & Info. Network (TGAIN)),  Houston, TX
 
Gluck, Claire Oxley  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Boerne, TX
 
Hebert, J. Gerald  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Alexandria, VA
 
Hernandez, Rachel A.   (Laborers Local 1095 - Granada Homes),  San Antonio, TX
 
Kohrman, Daniel B.  (also providing written testimony)  (AARP & AARP-Texas),  Washington, DC
 
Koym, Kenneth   (Citizen of Texas, LULAC Council),  Austin, TX
 
Koym, Kenneth   (Self; LULAC),  Austin, TX
 
Lara, Rene   (Texas AFL-CIO/United Labor Legislative Committee),  Austin, TX
 
Medley, Lee   (United Steel Workers District Council),  Santa Fe, TX
 
Privett, Anita  (also providing written testimony)  (League of Women Voters of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Renick, Karen   (Voterescue),  Austin, TX
 
Rosales, Rosa  (also providing written testimony)  (League of United Latin American Citizens),  Washington, DC
 
Rynders, Dustin  (also providing written testimony)  (Advocacy, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Skaggs, Adam  (also providing written testimony)  (Brennan Center for Justice),  New York, NY
 
Villarreal, Helen E.   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Young, Derek   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:

 
Johnson, Ed  (also providing written testimony)  (Harris County Voter Registrar),  Houston, TX
 
Moore, Toby  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Alexandria, VA
 
Nichols, Eric   (Office of Attorney General),  Austin, TX
 
Quinn, Cameron P.  (also providing written testimony)  (The Carter- Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform),  Washington, DC
 
Shorter, III, Coby   (Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
Strickland, Frank B.  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Atlanta, GA
 
Tailor, Wesley B.  (also providing written testimony)  (Georgia Secretary of State),  Atlanta, GA
 
von Spakovsky, Hans A.  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Washington, DC
 
Wang, Tova  (also providing written testimony)  (Common Cause),  Washington, DC
 
Wheeler, Tom  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Zionsville, IN
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Abendschein, Gerry   (Self),  China Spring, TX
 
Abendschein, Tony   (Doc Anderson - Waco),  China Spring, TX
 
Adams, Cathie   (Texas Eagle Forum),  Dallas, TX
 
Addeo, John   (Self),  Wimberley, TX
 
Addeo, Linda   (Self),  Wimberley, TX
 
Alexander, Carole   (Self),  League City, TX
 
Alexander, James   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Allbritton, Edwin A.   (Self),  Boerne, TX
 
Allbritton, Laura   (Self),  Fair Oaks Ranch, TX
 
Alonzo, Arnulfo   (Voter),  Lockhart, TX
 
Anderson, W.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Asmussen, Cynthia   (Concerned Women of America),  Austin, TX
 
Bagley, Bob   (Texas Paralyzed Vets),  Grangerland, TX
 
Bailey, Austen   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Baker, Alyssa Joy   (Travis County),  Austin, TX
 
Baker, Theresa I.   (Medina County),  Devine, TX
 
Baker, Walter   (Medina CO.),  Devine, TX
 
Barnes, Elizabeth   (Self),  Brownsville, TX
 
Barnes, Jim   (Self),  Brownsville, TX
 
Bartlett, Laurie   (Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Beaver, Mary   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Betz, Julie "B"   (My Family & Texas Voters),  Garden Ridge, TX
 
Boren, Mary Ellen   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Bower, Peggy   (Self; My family),  Austin, TX
 
Bradberry, Timothy E.   (Central Texas Republican Assembly),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Bradberry, Timothy E.   (Self; Fellow law abiding and legitimate voters),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Bratcher, Tom L.   (Self),  Meridian, TX
 
Brown, David   (Self; Haskell Co.),  Haskell, TX
 
Brown, Jimmy G.   (Matagorda County Republican Party),  Bay City, TX
 
Bullock, J. Brent   (Self),  Hutto, TX
 
Burbridge, G.O.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Burbridge, Maria   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Busche, Jennifer R.   (Self),  Smithville, TX
 
Canady, Sara   (Self),  Floresville, TX
 
Cantey, Wesley   (Self),  Clifton, TX

 
Carter, Joan   (Self),  Plano, TX
 
Casey, Stephen   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Cash, Brenda   (Yoakum Republican Women),  Shiner, TX
 
Chairez-Hernandez, John   (Americans for Zero Immigration),  Houston, TX
 
Clover, Sonya   (Self),  Montgomery, TX
 
Cluck, Margaret Ballenger   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Coleman, Q.   (Self),  Plano, TX
 
Conley, Barbara   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Cooper, Robbie   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Cravens, Peggy Y.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Crider, Bruce M.   (I.R.C.O.T.),  Hitchcock, TX
 
Crider, Mary H.   (Self),  Hitchcock, TX
 
Curnock, Karen   (Self),  Waco, TX
 
Dees, Claire   (Self),  Del Valle, TX
 
Denman, Carlene   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Derryberry, Mattie B.   (Self),  Meridian, TX
 
DeVillez, Sue   (Self),  Georgetown, TX
 
Dozier, Helen   (Self),  Walnut Springs, TX
 
Dupry, Frederic   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Edwards, Rosemary   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Findley, Austin   (Self),  Marshall, TX
 
Findley, Stephan D.   (SREC, SD 1),  Marshall, TX
 
Fink, Jr., Charles E.   (All Texans),  Allen, TX
 
Forest, Rebecca   (Immigration Reform Coalition of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Foster, Lisa   (Travis Republican Women),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Fredricks, Melinda S.   (Self),  Conroe, TX
 
Fulton, Diane   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gallegos, Richard H.   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Gallegos, Rosalinda   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Gallien, Gail   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Garcia, Robby L.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gebolys, Diana L.   (Pct. 4, Montgomery County),  The Woodlands, TX
 
Gelencser, Paul   (Self; Voters/myself),  Austin, TX
 
Giardini, Ann   (Self),  Axtell, TX
 
Goins, Elizabeth Marie   (Denton County Republican Party),  Flower Mound, TX
 
Goins, Jacquelyn Stella   (Denton County Republican Party),  Flower Mound, TX
 
Goins, Joyce   (Denton County Rep. Party),  Flower Mound, TX
 
Gomez, Rebekah D.   (College Republicans),  Georgetown, TX
 
Goodman, Emily   (College Republicans),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Graves, MS   (Self),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Haigler, Kathy L.   (Self),  Deer Park, TX
 
Hall, Helen S.   (Self; Voter ID),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Hanle, Carol   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hawkins, Jolene   (Self),  Kingsland, TX
 
Hettinger, Ann   (Concerned Women of America),  Rockwall, TX

 
Hettinger, Hays   (Self),  Rockwall, TX
 
Hibbs, Brittany   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hogan, Ryan   (Self),  Katy, TX
 
Hopper, Debbie   (Self),  Moulton, TX
 
Howard, Marie   (Self),  Keller, TX
 
Huffman, Maria de Los Angeles   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Ingalls, Josiah James   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Irvin, Mike   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Irvin, Sara   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Jackson, Alma   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Jackson, Janet H.   (Bosque County Republican Club),  Clifton, TX
 
Jackson, Jeffrey   (Young Republicans of Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Jackson, Jonathan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Jewett, John   (Self),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Jewett, Linda   (Self),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Johnson, Patti   (Voters of Texas),  Canyon Lake, TX
 
Johnson, Phillip   (Self; Family),  Pinehurst, TX
 
Kennedy, Lauren   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Knight, Stacy M.   (Self),  Montgomery, TX
 
Koenig, Carol L.   (Former Election Judge),  New Ulm, TX
 
Koenig, HW Buddy   (Austin County Republican Party),  New Ulm, TX
 
Larson, Barbara   (Self),  Boerne, TX
 
Lewis, Roxann   (Galveston County),  League City, TX
 
Lindsey, Shirley   (Self),  League City, TX
 
Lockhoof, Michelle   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
LoveJoy, II, Dr. Johnny E.   (For Voter ID),  San Antonio, TX
 
Luster, Joyce   (Self),  Farmers Branch, TX
 
MacEwan, David L.   (Williamson County Republican Assembly),  Austin, TX
 
Mallick, Peggy   (Self),  Waco, TX
 
Manor, Mandy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Markley, Craig   (Precinct 316),  Bee Cave, TX
 
Markley, Shirley   (Precinct 316),  Bee Cave, TX
 
Martin, John   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Martin, John   (I.R.C.O.T.),  Spring, TX
 
Mathis, Jamie Margaret   (Self),  SA, TX
 
May, Justin Garrett   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
McCracken, JoAnn   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
McDonald, Audrey M.   (Self),  Georgetown, TX
 
McDowell, Linda   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
McDowell, Neal D.   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
McMillan, Jana   (Republican Women Brazos Valley),  College Station, TX
 
Mechler, Tom   (Self),  Amarillo, TX
 
Meeks, Barbara   (Galveston County),  League City, TX
 
Megarity, David C.   (Bosque County Republican Club),  Clifton, TX
 
Megarity, Sue   (Bosque Co. Republican Club),  Clifton, TX

 
Mendoza, Jamie   (Self; Myself as a taxpayer and minority),  Laredo, TX
 
Mendoza, Javier   (Self),  Laredo, TX
 
Miller, Evelyn   (Self; BRW),  Alvin, TX
 
Morgan, Sally   (Self),  Buchanan Dam, TX
 
Morovich, George L.   (Self),  La Grange, TX
 
Munhofen, Brent   (IRCOT - Immigration Reform Coalition of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Neal, Tammy Renee   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Nelson, Nancy   (Bayou Republican Women),  Alvin, TX
 
Noble, William   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Nolasco, Valerie   (ARCIH),  Austin, TX
 
Nugent, Kim   (Self),  DeKalb, TX
 
O'Leary, Wanda   (Hill Country Republican Women),  Austin, TX
 
Oney, Betty   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Padilla, Arianna   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Parada, Judith A.   (Self),  Montgomery, TX
 
Pehl, Daniel   (Gillespie County Rep. Party),  FBG, TX
 
Pehl, Lucy J.   (Gillespie County Republican Party),  Fredericksburg, TX
 
Peloquin, Susan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Powell, Nancy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Powell, Valerie   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Quiram, Helen   (Self),  Waco, TX
 
Ray, Ann Christine Smith   (Legitimate Voters in Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Raynaud, Walter   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Rocha, Christina   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Rogers, Linda   (Burnet County/TRCCA),  Briggs, TX
 
Saenz, Jonathan   (Free Market Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Salmans, Bill   (Self; Bosque Rep. Club),  Meridian, TX
 
Salmans, Kathryn   (Bosque Co. Rep. Club),  Meridian, TX
 
Smith, James L.   (Self),  Cibolo, TX
 
Spindle, Forrest   (TIFR),  Sugarland, TX
 
Sullivan, Mari   (Self; Myself and my family),  Dallas, TX
 
Suttle, Gail   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Swanson, Jennifer   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Swanson, Valoree   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Sykes, Jennifer   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Terry, Addison   (Self),  Washington, TX
 
Theiss, Elizabeth   (TFIR),  Houston, TX
 
Thinits, Bert   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Thomas, Linda   (Self),  Clifton, TX
 
Thompson, Eddie G.   (Self),  Copperas Cove, TX
 
Thompson, Peggy   (Self),  Copperas Cove, TX
 
Timmer, Nancy L.   (Gillespie County Republican Party),  Fredericksburg, TX
 
Ulrich, John   (Self; North Shore Republicans),  Lago Vista, TX
 
Urick, Nelva   (Bayou Rep Women),  Alvin, TX
 
Venable, Peggy   (Americans for Prosperity),  Austin, TX

 
Vickery, Jr., P. H.   (Family, Self, Friends, Law and Order),  Porter, TX
 
Waggoner, Pamela   (Self; ARW),  Austin, TX
 
Ward, Brad   (IRCOT),  Austin, TX
 
Webster, Dale   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Webster, Kathleen   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Wyatt, Dori   (Self),  Yoakum, TX
 
Zimmerman, Don   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Zimmerman, Dorothy   (Self),  Garland, TX
 
Against:
 
Abraha, Robiel   (Self; Robiel Abraha),  Houston, TX
 
Acevedo, Fidel   (Mexican American Democrats of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Achilles, Jenny   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Adkison, Elaine   (East Texas Democrats),  Nacogdoches, TX
 
Agbottah, Deborah   (My family),  Austin, TX
 
Agers Blye, Larry   (Larry A. Blye (TX SILC)),  Lubbock, TX
 
Allen, Eddie   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Andre, Barbara   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Andy, Diann   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Annis, Keith   (Self),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Arabie, Joe R.   (Texas AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Arellano, Nohemi   (Self; Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Arevalo, Edward R.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Ashbrook, Joan   (Self),  Bastrop, TX
 
Ayuso, Rafael   (AARP Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Bacon, Timothy   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Banks, Yannis   (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Barrow, Chamane   (Self),  Angleton, TX
 
Barrow, Mary   (United Methodist Women),  Bellville, TX
 
Baugh, Alexander T.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bautista, Paula   (LULAC),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Bautista, Reuben   (LULAC),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Beaird, Paula F.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bearden, Chase   (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
Beh, Eugenia   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bellon, Patrick   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bennett, Donna   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bessent, Nancy Echols   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bier, Marti   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Bilardi, Christopher J.   (Self),  Arlington, TX
 
Bilardi, Rachel   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Blackburn, Jr., Audley   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Blodgett, Elaine   (Self),  McDade, TX
 
Blumberg, Mary   (Self; Senator Watson),  Austin, TX
 
Blye, Regina   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Boardman, April   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Boardman, Jr., Ernest G.   (Self),  Austin, TX

 
Boldin, Rosalie M.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Boone, Daniel   (Self),  Canyon Lake Ranch, TX
 
Boyte, Melanie   (ADAPT of Texas),  Hutto, TX
 
Branford, Mary   (ACORN),  Houston, TX
 
Bridgforth, Sharon   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Broers, Lalainia   (Self; Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Brooks, Jessica R.   (Huston - Tillotson University),  Austin, TX
 
Brown, Andy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Brown, Paul   (Texas AFL-CIO),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Burge, Jason   (Alamobama),  San Antonio, TX
 
Burrell, Martin   (PCT 3103),  Dallas, TX
 
Burton, John   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Byndon, Marlene   (Asst. County Chair, Collin County),  Prosper, TX
 
Cannon, Joe   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Cannon, Winifred   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Carvell, Helen C.   (Self; Self and women for good government),  Austin, TX
 
Casso, Amy   (La Fe PREC)
 
Castrejana, Jacob   (ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
Cavazos, Perla   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Charleton, Margaret T.   (Self),  College Station, TX
 
Chew, Luis Enrique   (Self; Individual),  El Paso, TX
 
Chew, Martha   (Self; Individual),  El Paso, TX
 
Cho, Vincent   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Choate, Dawn   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Christianson, Thomas N.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Christlieb, Kay   (Self),  Arlington, TX
 
Clark, Kimberly   (Self; Kimberly Clark),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Clark, Nancy Handshaw   (Self),  Bryan, TX
 
Cleveland, Donald   (Bell County Get Out The Vote),  Killeen, TX
 
Cofer, Rick   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Cohunga, Alfredo Esparza   (LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Conti, JoAnn   (ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
Cooper, Howard L.   (Self; Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Courage, John K.   (Common Cause of Texas, TCAN, NEBCD),  San Antonio, TX
 
Cowles, Katelina Hernandez   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Cranston, Catherine   (Personal Attendant Coalition of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Cranston, Ron   (Institute for Disability Access),  Austin, TX
 
Crump, Lynnaia   (Self; Lynnaia Crump),  Fort Worth
 
Dana, Sherry   (Wilco Family Justice Alliance),  Georgetown, TX
 
Darnell, Derek   (Private Citizen),  Houston, TX
 
Davidson, Sarah C.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Davis, Ian   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Davis, Sue   (People with Disabilities),  Garland, TX
 
Davis Jr., John   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Deavel, D.T.   (Self),  Austin, TX

 
Del Bosque, Regina Nichole   (Self),  McAllen, TX
 
DeLuna, Jr., Tanis   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Deshotel, W. Joe   (Self),  Beaumont, TX
 
Dilworth, Wolf   (Self),  AUS, TX
 
Doezena, Tad   (Visually Impaired),  Austin, TX
 
Dorin, Victoria   (Blind Community),  Cleveland, TX
 
Dorsey, Lilly   (LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Ellison, Jacqueline   (ACORN),  Houston, TX
 
Ertel, Stephanie   (Self),  Kerrville, TX
 
Escamilla, David   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Esparza, Rachel R.   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Everhart, Amy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Fernandez, Gavino   (El Concilio),  Austin, TX
 
Flint, Cynthia H.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Florence, Rodney   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Flores, Juan H.   (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Flores, Noelia P.   (La Fe Research and Education Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Flores, Richie   (Visually Impaired),  Austin, TX
 
Flores, Roberto J.   (Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio),  San Antonio, TX
 
Flores, Jr., Enrique   (UAW),  Arlington, TX
 
Forbes, Patricia E.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Foster, Alison C. Worth   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Frame, Braden T.   (Self),  Leander, TX
 
Garcia, Angela   (LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Gere, Wesley   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gilles, Janet   (Texas Realty),  Austin, TX
 
Gins, Jonathan D.   (The Voters of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Gleckler, Milly A.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gonzales, Melissa C.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gonzales-Garza, Rita D.   (LULAC District VII),  Round Rock, TX
 
Goslant, Kaili   (ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Graney, Daniel C.   (Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus),  San Antonio, TX
 
Grant, J.L.   (ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
Greeder, Gloria   (Self),  El Paso, TX
 
Greeder, Shane   (State Independent Living Council),  El Paso, TX
 
Greene, Jimmy   (UAW),  Mesquite, TX
 
Hall, Ricky   (Self; Texas SILC),  Lubbock, TX
 
Haller, Zachary   (Huston Tillotson University),  Austin, TX
 
Haque, Madiha   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Haque, Meena   (Self; Self/Justice!),  Sugarland, TX
 
Harris, Elizabeth   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hartman, Merlyn B.   (Self),  Victoria, TX
 
Headrick, Carol   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Henderson, David M.   (Self; Retired),  Lago Vista, TX
 
Hernandez, Elizabeth   (Self),  Austin, TX

 
Herrera, Tom G.   (Travis County Demo Party - TSEV),  Austin, TX
 
Hill, Jenelle   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hoerig, Alfred O.   (Self),  Elgin, TX
 
Hogan, Kristen   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hokanson, Kim   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Holiday, Alma   (Individual Citizen of United States),  Taylor, TX
 
Hsia, Winnie S.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Huereca, Anthony   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Hughes, Sofija   (ADAPT),  Hutto, TX
 
Hull, Dorothy   (Volunteer, The ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Hull, Kathy   (The ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Hull, Steve   (Volunteer, The ARC of Texas),  Henderson, TX
 
Hyatt, Deborah   (Collin CO. Democratic Party),  Richardson, TX
 
Jackson, Kyra   (Huston-Tillotson University),  Austin, TX
 
Jackson, Wednesday E.   (Dallas County Young Democrats),  Dallas, TX
 
James, William   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Jimenez, Gerard   (Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Brenda   (Alamobama),  San Antonio, TX
 
Johnson, Deborah   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Jeanne H.   (SILC),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Jimmie E.   (SILC),  Austin, TX
 
Jones, Lee   (Visually Impaired),  Clifton, TX
 
Kafka, Bob   (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Kappel, Katy   (TX Silver Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
Keohane, Amber   (Self),  Angleton, TX
 
Klugman, Nathaniel   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Kobierowski, David   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Kommineni, Bharati   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Kyles, Brittany   (HT),  Austin, TX
 
Labuda, Paul   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Le, Nhu   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Leach, Bruce   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Leifeste, Jane   (ARCIL - Austin Resource Center for Independent Living),  Austin, TX
 
Lemunyon, Karen   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Lewis, Gregory D.   (Lubbock County Republican Party),  Lubbock, TX
 
Long, Derek   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Lopez, Christopher   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Lowrey, Victorian S.   (Collin County Democrat),  Richardson, TX
 
Madeley, Suzann   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Mandez, Linda "Lee"   (ACORN and Cover Texas NOW),  Dallas, TX
 
Mapondela, Emmy   (ACORN),  Dallas, TX
 
Marcus, Linda S.   (Self; TWDCC/DPCC),  Plano, TX
 
Margeson, Paula   (Disabled constituents),  Plano, TX
 
Martin, Rosalee   (Huston-Tillotson University),  Austin, TX
 
Martin, III, Joseph G.   (Democratic Party of Collin County),  McKinney, TX

 
Martinez, Jamie P.   (League of United Latin American Citizens and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement),  San Antonio, TX
 
Maxwell, Steve   (Tarrant County Democratic Party),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Mayeaux, Ginger   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
McAfee, Anne   (League of Women Voters),  Austin, TX
 
McCall, Janele   (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
McClelen, Michelle   (Texas ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
McCormick, Donna Beth   (Texas Democratic Women),  Austin, TX
 
McDonald, Craig   (Texans for Public Justice),  Austin, TX
 
McDonald, Dora   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
McDonald, Kelly   (Waco TX SD 22),  Waco, TX
 
McDonald, Kelly   (Waco SD 22),  Lorena, TX
 
McDonald, Sarah   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
McElroy, Toni   (ACORN),  Houston, TX
 
McKinney, Danica   (Huston-Tillotson University),  Austin, TX
 
McNair, Dawn   (ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
McPhail, Jennifer   (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
McPike, Richard   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Meade, Erica   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Medrano, Margarita   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Meinkowsky, John   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Melnick, Helaine   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Michol, Tracey   (SILC),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Mills, Karla   (ACORN),  Hou, TX
 
Miragliotta, Sharlene   (Self),  Frisco, TX
 
Mohlman, Dean   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Money, Joseph   (Senate District 22),  Waco, TX
 
Mora, Sergio   (Self),  Laredo, TX
 
Morris-Parker, J. Laverne   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Morrow, Christine C.   (ARCIL),  Austin, TX
 
Murph, Leonard C.   (Self),  N. Richland Hills, TX
 
Murphy, Theresa   (Self),  Smithville, TX
 
Nathan, Catherine S.   (Self),  Spring Branch, TX
 
Nathan, Richard D.   (Self),  Spring Branch, TX
 
Norton, LMSW, John,   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Overstreet, Morris L.   (Self),  Prairie View, TX
 
Padma-Munyon, Leashya   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Page, Dan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Painchaud, Kathy   (UMW),  Bellville, TX
 
Paul, Gilbert   (Self),  West Columbia, TX
 
Pena, Roman   (LULAC),  SA, TX
 
Perez, Mirella   (The ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Pina, Johanna   (The ARC of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Poplawsky, Amanda   (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center),  Boerne, TX
 
Powell, Milton E.   (Killeen GOTV),  Killeen, TX
 
Ray, Ryan   (Tarrant County Democratic Party),  Fort Worth, TX

 
Rendon, Manuel   (LULAC),  Austin, TX
 
Renick, Karen   (Vote Rescue),  Austin, TX
 
Revely, Porshe   (Huston Tilliston University),  Austin, TX
 
Rhea, Paul   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Richie, Boyd   (Texas Democratic Party),  Austin, TX
 
Riegel, Daniel   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Riker, Jennifer   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Rizzo, Melissa   (ARC of TX),  Georgetown, TX
 
Roberts, Patricia   (Bell County Democratic Women),  Harker Heights, TX
 
Roberts, Susan K.   (Self; Women for Good Government),  Austin, TX
 
Rochester, Liz   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Rodriguez, Chris   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Rovezzi, Cynthia M.   (People with Disabilities),  Plano, TX
 
Rovezzi, Kristen   (Disabled constituents),  Plano, TX
 
Rowland, Brian   (Texas NAACP),  Prairie View, TX
 
Ruiz, Lilia   (Camino Real Mexican American Democrats El Paso),  El Paso, TX
 
Ruiz, Philip A.   (Texas Democratic County Chairs Assn. (TDCCA)),  Lockhart, TX
 
Saenz, Danny   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Salvatore, Robert   (S.A. Building Trades Cafb-CIO),  San Antonio, TX
 
Sanchez, Claudia   (LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Scott, Roseanne   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Sells, Greg   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Shelton, Susan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Sibbet, Byron   (Self),  North Richland Hills, TX
 
Sikes, Vanessa M.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Silva, Omar   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Silver, Paul   (Common Cause of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Dee   (AFSCME, AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Sirianni, Susi   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Briana   (Blind),  New Caney, TX
 
Smith, Russell N.   (TX Freedom),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Wanda   (Parent),  Austin, TX
 
Sneed, L. Randy   (ARCIL, Inc.),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Snider, Stewart   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Speight, Dennis   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Stafford, Mildred   (ACORN),  Houston, TX
 
Statman, Rona   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Steele, Borrell   (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Steele, Mary   (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Stephenson, R. Robert   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Stevens, D. Shawn   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Stine, Daniel   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Tafoye, Marcelo   (LULAC, District 12),  Austin, TX
 
Tapia, Michael   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Telge, Judy   (Self; C.B D. Ctr. for Independent Living),  Corpus Christi, TX

 
Terrazas, Erica   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Terrell, Randall   (Equality Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Thelen, Michael   (Self),  McQueeney, TX
 
Thomas, David R.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Delisha   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Stephanie   (National ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Thompson, Mary E.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Tilley, Tracy   (TX SILC),  Belton, TX
 
Torres, Margaret   (ACORN),  Houston, TX
 
Torres, Richard   (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
Toussaint, Aerin-Renee   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Traynham, Warner   (Self),  SA, TX
 
True-Courage, Zada   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Tucker, M.D., Byron   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Urby, M.D., Rodolfo M.   (La Fe Policy and Education Research Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Vackimes, Alexandra   (Self),  Manor, TX
 
Van Praag, Jane Leatherman   (Self),  Bartlett, TX
 
Varela, Ralph   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Vasquez, Peggy   (LULAC),  Austin, TX
 
Vaughn, Mercedes   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Viagran, Crystal   (Travis County PCT 426),  Austin, TX
 
Villarreal, Jesse   (Self; Senate District 22),  Waco, TX
 
Vo, Ramey   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Vodnick, Lynn   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Vogel, Vickie   (SD 18),  La Grange, TX
 
Wagoner, Jordan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Walters, Barbara Boyden   (TX Democratic Women of Collin County),  Plano, TX
 
Whalen, Suzanne   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Wheeler, Dianne H.   (TX Freedom Network),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, B.J.   (NAACP Garland Branch),  Garland, TX
 
Williams, Doris   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Janice   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Robert Wayne   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Wilson, Andy   (Public Citizen, Common Cause),  Austin, TX
 
Windberg, Thomas J.   (Self),  Spicewood, TX
 
Wisdom, Barbara R.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Wittie, David   (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Woods, Traci   (Tarrant County Democratic Party),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Wygal, Shondra E.   (Texas Young Democrats),  Houston, TX
 
Yarber, John   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yarbrough, Christianna   (South Denton County Democrats and TX Precinct 307
),  Flower Mound, TX
 
Yeaman, John F.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Young, Deana   (Private Citizen),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Banks, Annie M.   (Texas Alliance for Retired Americans),  Houston
 
Curry, Susan   (Self),  Alpine, TX

 
Harris, R.D.   (Cover Texas NOW/Dallas ACORN),  Dallas, TX
 
Higgins, Carlos   (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
Mays Sr., Kenneth W.   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Sepehri, John   (Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Alvarez, Rosario   (Granada Homes, Laborer, LU1095),  San Antonio, TX
 
Gebolys, Paul J.   (PCT 4, Montgomery County),  The Woodlands, TX
 
Harding, James C.   Presiding Judge  (Harris County - Rep.),  Kingwood, TX
 
Lannon, Robert "Grant"   (Texas Borders Volunteers),  Austin, TX
 
Lindsey, Shirley   (Self),  League City, TX
 
McDonald, Tony   (Young Conservatives of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Mikus, Jr., Jerry J.   (Self),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Opiela, Eric   (Republican Party of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Wallace, Skipper   (Texas Republican County Chairs Association),  Lampasas, TX
 
Against:
 
Bell, Doug   (Travis County Democrats),  Austin, TX
 
Burke, Terri   (ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Dickinson, Glenda   (Self),  Sealy, TX
 
Dodd, Daniel   (Democratic Party of Collin County),  McKinney, TX
 
Flores, Jr., Enrique   (UAW and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement),  Arlington, TX
 
Ford, Rachel Baker   (Self),  Garland, TX
 
Gauthier, Lloyd   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Glasscock, Nancy   (Self),  Temple, TX
 
Henderson, Elaine   (Self),  Lago Vista, TX
 
Hinojosa, Gilberto   (Cameron County Democratic Party - Committee Member, Democratic National Committee),  Brownsville, TX
 
Korbel, George   (Self; LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Leeder, Jennie Lou   (Llano County),  Llano, TX
 
Mainard, Marcia   (TDW),  Greenville, TX
 
Resa, Arthur   (Bell County Democratic Party),  Belton, TX
 
Sanders-Castro, Judith   (LULAC and Rosa Rosales, Nat'l Pres.),  San Antonio, TX
 
Spoon, Harley   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Vera, Jr., Luis   (League of United Latin American Citizens),  Washington, DC
 
Whichard, Steve   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Dean, Sheila   (Self),  Austin, TX