WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 13, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 221

                 On:

                                 Moore, John (Texas Ethics Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 McDonald, Tony (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Sullivan, Michael Quinn (Self; Empower Texans)

                                 Trainor, Trey (Self)

            HB 816

                 On:

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 1114

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                 On:

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 McDonald, Tony (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Sullivan, Michael Quinn (Self; Empower Texans)

                                 Trainor, Trey (Self)

            HB 1927

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                 On:

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 1978

                 Against:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

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

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2029

                 For:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 2356

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 2778

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerk office)

                 On:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 2937

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Galveston county clerk)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                 On:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Sullivan, Mike (Self; Myself.)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 3034

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

            HB 3056

                 For:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

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

            HB 3269

                 For:

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                 Against:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Conwell, Mike (Self)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

            HB 3395

                 Against:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

            HB 3786

                 For:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

            HB 3902

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                 Against:

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

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

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector,mand Voter Registrar)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

            HB 3972

                 Against:

                                 DeBeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)

                                 Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Associations of Community Schools)

                                 Rogers, LaQuan (Self; Get Fit Wit Me)

                 Against:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vera, Colleen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Texas Secretary of State)

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

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