STATE OF MINNESOTA TENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
REDISTRICTING
MINUTES
Representative Dan Fabian, Vice Chair of the Redistricting Committee, called the meeting to order at 4:37 PM on March 21, 2011, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
ANDERSON, Sarah, Chair
FABIAN, Dan, Vice Chair
CLARK, Karen
GAROFALO, Pat
HOPPE, Joe
HORTMAN, Melissa
LOON, Jenifer
MARQUART, Paul
MURPHY, Mary
POPPE, Jeanne
SCOTT, Peggy
One member was absent:
DAUDT, Kurt
A quorum was present.
Representative Anderson moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on March 14, 2011, be approved.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Presentation by: Matt Gehring: Voting Rights Act Overview.
Representative Sarah Anderson assumed the gavel at 4:59.
Testimony by:
Kao Ly Ilean Her, executive director, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Lester Collins, executive director, Council on Black Minnesotans.
Hector Garcia, executive director, Chicano Latino Affairs Council.
Hussein Samatar, founder and executive director, African Development Center of Minnesota.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:18 PM.
____________________________________
REP. SARAH ANDERSON, CHAIR
____________________________________
Kate Hensing
Committee Legislative Assistant