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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 15, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 313

                 For:

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Lewis, Fred (Self)

                                 Lopez, Dee (Self; Travis County Tax Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas democratic party)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                                 Sanders, Christina (Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund)

                 Against:

                                 Pena, Marcus (Austin County)

                 On:

                                 Cheng, Albert (Harris County Tax Assessor & Voter Registrar)

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

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

                                 Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self; Common cause texas)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self)

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

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

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county)

                                 Poinsett, Royce (The Pew Cultural Trusts)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Streater, Joy (County/district clerk assn)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

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

                 On:

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

                                 Rivera, Pauline (Self)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1518

                 For:

                                 Carothers, Justin (Self; Coryell county)

                                 Kennedy, Dorothy (Self)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas democratic party)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county)

                                 Parker, Earl (Self; Madison County Elections)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

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

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Haney, Nancy (City of Lubbock)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Streater, Joy (County/district clerk assn)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 On:

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

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

                                 Rivera, Pauline (Self)

            HB 2006

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Erin (True the Vote NOW)

                                 Streater, Joy (County/district clerk assn)

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

                 On:

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

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2737

                 For:

                                 Clancy, Jim (Self)

                                 Lewis, Fred (Self)

                                 McDonald, Craig (Texans for public justice)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self)

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

                                 Sorrells, Tim (Tx ethics commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self; Common cause texas)

                                 Gullahorn (Self; Professional advocacy assn of texas)

                 On:

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

                                 Spock, Karl (Sunset Commission (resource witness))

            HB 3081

                 For:

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self; Common cause texas)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas democratic party)

                                 Raborn, Steve (Self; Tarrant County Elections)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Noble, Lannie (Wise county)

                                 Streater, Joy (County/district clerk assn)

                 On:

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

            HB 3621

                 For:

                                 Clancy, Jim (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of Texas)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gullahorn (Self; Professional advocacy assn of texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Jackson, John (Republican party of texas)

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