STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
Chair, Representative Steve Simon
MINUTES
Representative Simon, Chair of Committee on Elections, called the meeting to order at 12:30pm January 28, 2014 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Simon, Chair
Halverson, Vice Chair
Sanders, Lead
Bernardy
Daudt
Huntley
Johnson, B.
O'Driscoll
Urdahl
Winkler
Members excused: Laine and Mariani
A quorum was present.
Vice Chair Halverson assumed Chair at 12:36pm
HF2096 (Simon) Voter registration and absentee ballot application online submission provided (informational hearing, no motions made or acted upon)
Testimony heard from:
• Rep. Steve Simon
• Deborah Erickson, Crow Wing County Taxpayer Services Manager and Chair of the MACO Elections Committee
• Randy Schreifels, Sterns County Auditor/Treasurer
• Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority
• Beth Fraser and Gary Poser, Office of Secretary of State
• Sherri Knuth, Minnesota League of Women Voters
• Steve Schmidt, Minnesota Disability Law Center, Mid Minnesota Legal Aid
• Andrew Timm, Macalester College student, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
• Max Hailperin, Professor Gustavus Adolphus College
Rep. Simon assumed the Chair at 2:01pm.
HF1961 (Halverson) Ethics in government; economic disclosure and conflicts of interest requirements expanded (informational hearing, no motions made or acted upon)
Testimony heard from:
• Rep. Laurie Halverson
• Jeremy Schroeder, Common Cause
• Robert Odden, Libertarian Party
The meeting was adjourned at 2:14pm.
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Representative Steve Simon, Chair
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Andrew Virden, Committee Legislative Assistant