WITNESS LIST
Elections Committee
March 30, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Wilder, Anthony (Self)
Against:
Debeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)
Evans, Janice (County and District Clerks Assn of Texas)
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Schiele, James (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Board President of Houston ISD, Board Member of the Texas
Association of School Boards (TASB), and Representative of the Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA).)
On:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston County Clerk)
West, Steve (Tasbo and Georgetown ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Jennifer (Self)
Moore, Brandon (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self)
Tyner, Kay (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Against:
Acevedo, Julie (The City of Baytown)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Ricardo (Self; City of Sugar Land)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
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Against:
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
On:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas public policy foundation)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Schiele, James (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Board President of Houston ISD, Board Member of the Texas
Association of School Boards (TASB), and Representative of the Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA).)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Ramsey, Mark (Self)
Reid, Mark (Self; TNorth Texas Citizens Lobby)
Tyner, Kay (Self)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Debeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Evans, Janice (County and District Clerks Assn of Texas)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Ricardo (Self; City of Sugar Land)
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Against:
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
On:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Joyce, Pam (Self)
Tyner, Kay (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Wilder, Anthony (Self)
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Schiele, James (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Board President of Houston ISD, Board Member of the Texas
Association of School Boards (TASB), and Representative of the Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA).)
On:
Sargent, Bill (Galveston County Elections)
West, Steve (TASBO and Georgetown ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Ramsey, Mark (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Evans, Janice (County and District Clerks Assn of Texas)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
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Against:
Ramirez, Ricardo (Self; City of Sugar Land)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
On:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Quintero, James (Texas public policy foundation)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Wilder, Anthony (Self)
Against:
Debeauvoir, Dana (County clerks legislative cmte)
Evans, Janice (County and District Clerks Assn of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Schiele, James (Fast Growth School Coalition)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calzada, Alicia (Self)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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Against:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Board President of Houston ISD, Board Member of the Texas
Association of School Boards (TASB), and Representative of the Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA).)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
On:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston County Clerk)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association and A.H. Belo Corp.)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Woolsey, Leonard (Self; Texas Press Association and The Galveston County Daily News)
On:
Chandler, Robin (Disabilitty Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Hawthorne, Heather (Self; County and District Clerks Assn)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Ramirez, Ricardo (Self; City of Sugar Land)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Boyte, Melanie (Self; Adapt of texas)
Burnam, Lon (Public citizen)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)
Edding, Christopher (Self; Adapt of texas)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association and Hartman Newspapers, L.P.)
Hofmayer, Chris (Adapt of texas)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Adapt of texas)
Moser, James (Self; Texas Press Association)
Salovitz, Heiwa (Adapt of texas)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Against:
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association)
Moser, James (Self; Texas Press Association)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Olewin, Carol (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association and A.H. Belo Corp.)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Woolsey, Leonard (Self; Texas Press Association and The Galveston County Daily News)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Hall, Jennifer (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Moore, Brandon (Self)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Reid, Mark (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
Starr, Brantley (Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Against:
Israelson, Mark (City of plano)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
On:
Crawford, Amanda (Office of the Attorney General)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
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On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Harris, J. R. (Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Against:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Elfant, Bruce (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
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On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston County Clerk)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Elfant, Bruce (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Wilder, Anthony (Self)
Against:
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar county and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Hawthorne, Heather (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston County Clerk)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Hawthorne, Heather (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)
Edwards, Rosemary (Self)
Haigler, Kathy (Self)
Hall, Jennifer (Self)
Hall, Jennifer (Self)
Moore, Brandon (Self)
Moore, Brandon (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Texas secretary of state, elections division)
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