WITNESS LIST
Elections Committee
April 20, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Adams, Lilian (Self)
Jones, Harrison (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Pro-Life Texas)
Against:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Against:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Gomez, Christopher (Self; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo)
Hernandez, Gloria (Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas)
Against:
Sargent, Bill (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Thomas, Ronnie (Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas)
Against:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Against:
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
On:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
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On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Gernes, Deborah (Travis County WCID no. 17)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Kalisek, Lauren (Travis County WCID 17)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Against:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
On:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Daniel, Cassie (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Trainor, Trey (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
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On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
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For:
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Against:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mott, Vernagene (Pfisd,TASB)
On:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Against:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
On:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sands, Kara (Nueces County Clerk's Office)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor collector)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
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On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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On:
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Conwell, Mike (Self)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Gipson, Sheri (Dps)
For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
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For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Daniel, Cassie (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Against:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
On:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
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For:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
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For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
On:
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Camarillo, Lydia (Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Forbes, Lee (Texas afl-cio)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Ó Raghallaigh, Caomhán (Self)
Sikes, Chloe (Self)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
For:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)
Opiela, Eric (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Against:
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Trainor, Trey (Self; Empower Texans, Texas Home School Coalition, Texas Right to Life, and
Texas Eagle Forum)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Against:
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Assn of Broadcasters)
Against:
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
On:
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
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For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
DeBeauvoir, Dana (Legislative Cmte of County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Pro-Life Texas)
Against:
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Callanen, Jacquelyn (Self; Bexar County)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Conwell, Mike (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self)
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For:
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Against:
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Anderson, Erin (Self; True the Vote)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Sargent, Bill (Self; Galveston county clerk)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Oldham, John (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)
Vera, Alan (Self; Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Commottee)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Parsons, Brad (Self)
On:
Ingram, Keith (Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State)
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