HB 265 Public Hearing
I’ve been out of the blogosphere for a few months now while I finish my last semester of school, but for some reason I got a little interested today. So I checked on the status of HB 265 , a bill regarding same day voter registration and turns out there’s a public meeting on Wednesday 02/28. The bill author, Rep. Anchia and the rest of the Elections Committee will hear testimony from the League of Women Voters, American Way, and anyone else who follows proper guidelines and is present in Austin. According to Damien Brockmann, Rep. Anchia’s Director of Legislation and creator of Billhop.com, with whom I spoke with earlier today, anything we can do to push this bill through would be helpful. So contact the Reps on the Elections Committee, and tell them your opinions. Even better, show up in Austin on Wednesday and sign up to testify or to have your stance officially recorded. This bill needs all the help it can get, especially with opposition heading the committee. Which ever side you sit on, if you agree with the legislation being helpful to an independent movement which I’m still not positive that it is, you can bet both sides of this argument offer good points. I hope the hearing does the topic justice. You can watch the hearing online here on Wednesday at around 2:00pm, tentatively.
That’s great to hear! I will try to watch if possible. I think if we had same day voter registration for Kinky he would’ve had ALOT more voters. If anyone does get the opportunity to go, please post!