WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 27, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 76

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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)

            HB 587

                 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)

            HB 953

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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)

            HB 1448

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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)

            HB 1659

                 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)

            HB 1831

                 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)

            HB 2127

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Parsons, Brad (Self)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)

            HB 2160

                 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)

            HB 2381

                 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)

            HB 2721

                 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)

            HB 2889

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

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

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    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)

            HB 2956

                 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)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    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)

            HB 3157

                 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)

            HB 4032

                 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)

                                                                                              11


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)

            HB 4060

                 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)

            HB 4072

                 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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