SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

February 05, 2008 Hearing Room B

3:30 P.M. Tapes 1 – 2

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Kate Brown, Chair

Sen. Ted Ferrioli, Vice-Chair

Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson

STAFF PRESENT: Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator

Graham Coslett, Committee Assistant

Measures or Issues Heard: SB 1102 – Public Hearing

Adoption of Committee Rules – Organizational Meeting

SB 1102 – Work Session

SB 1071 – Public Hearing

This tape log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, please refer to the cassette tapes.

TAPE # AND SIDE	COUNTER NUMBER	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER OR CHANGE IN SPEAKER
1A	003	Chair Brown calls the meeting to order at 3:36 p.m.
SB 1102 – PUBLIC HEARING
	015	Sen. Avakian
	021	Chair Brown
	022	Sen. Avakian
	030	Chair Brown
	031	Rep. Boquist
	047	Chair Brown
	051	Professor Barbara Dudley (EXHIBIT A)
	104	Chair Brown
	105	Richard Burke, Ballot Access Project
	153	Sal Peralta, Independent Party
	247	Chair Brown
	254	Clare Crawford, Director, National Open Ballot Project
	315	Chair Brown
	316	Kappy Eaton, Governor’s Coordinator for the League of Women Voters of Oregon
	342	Chair Brown
	354	Annette Newingham, Lane County Elections Official (EXHIBIT B)
	024	Jan Coleman, Yamhill County Clerk (EXHIBIT C)
2A	033	Chair Brown
	034	Coleman
	064	John Lindback, Director of Elections, Secretary of State’s office
	074	Chair Brown
	079	Lindback
	081	Chair Brown
	083	Lindback
	091	Chair Brown
	094	Lindback
	097	Sen. Ferrioli
	117	Newingham
	122	Chair Brown
	123	Newingham
	128	Sen. Ferrioli
	131	Newingham
	133	Sen. Ferrioli
	135	Newingham
	150	Sen. Ferrioli
	156	Newingham
	167	Sen. Ferrioli
	184	Chair Brown
	192	Newingham
	200	Chair Brown
	209	Ted Hughes, representing Jeff Kropf (EXHIBIT D)
	231	Alex Aronson, Youth Vote Director, Oregon Bus Project (EXHIBIT E)
	302	Jake Oliver (EXHIBIT F)
	339	Chair Brown
	342	Oliver
	355	Chair Brown
	356	Sen. Ferrioli
	359	Chair Brown
	366	Aronson
	379	Sen. Ferrioli
	395	Chair Brown
	397	Oliver
	415	Sen. Ferrioli
	419	Chair Brown
	420	Sen. Ferrioli
2A	424	Oliver
	436	Chair Brown
	437	Aronson
	448	Sen. Ferrioli
1B	013	Chair Brown
	016	Hughes
	021	Chair Brown
	022	Sen. Ferrioli
	024	Janice Thompson, Democracy Reform Oregon
	051	Chair Brown
	052	Thompson
	054	Chair Brown
	056	Thompson
	063	Chair Brown
	065	Professor Barbara Dudley
	068	Sen. Ferrioli
	070	Professor Dudley
	088	Chair Brown
	089	Professor Dudley
	091	Sen. Avakian
	102	Chair Brown
Adoption of Committee Rules – ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
	122	MOTION: Sen. Ferrioli moves to ADOPT the proposed Committee Rules dated 2/5/08. (EXHIBIT G)
	127	VOTE: 3-0-0
		Chair Brown hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
SB 1102 – Work Session
	132	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves to ADOPT SB 1102-1 amendments dated 02/04/08. (EXHIBIT H)
		VOTE: 3-0-0
	135	Chair Brown hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
	142	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves SB 1102 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation and the SUBSEQUENT REFERRAL to the Committee on Ways and Means BE RESCINDED.
	147	Sen. Ferrioli
	161	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	163	Chair Brown
	169	Sen. Ferrioli
	172	Chair Brown
	172	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator
1B	178	VOTE: 2-1-0 AYE: 2 - Monnes Anderson, Brown NAY: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. AVAKIAN will lead discussion on the floor.
	188	Sen. Ferrioli
	205	Chair Brown
SB 1071 – Public Hearing
	214	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator (EXHIBIT I)
	224	Chair Brown
	238	Janice Thompson, Democracy Reform Oregon
	266	Sen. Ferrioli
	267	Thompson
	270	Sen. Ferrioli
	272	Thompson
	277	Chair Brown
	282	John Lindback
	286	Chair Brown
	293	Kevin Neely, C&E Systems
	322	Sen. Ferrioli
	324	Chair Brown
	330	Lindback
	349	Sen. Ferrioli
	358	Lindback
	361	Chair Brown
	374	Sen. Ferrioli
	384	Lindback
	392	Chair Brown
	393	Sen. Ferrioli
	398	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	402	Lindback
	404	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	407	Lindback
	411	Neely
	413	Lindback
	425	Neely
	429	Chair Brown
	438	Sen. Ferrioli
	005	Chair Brown
	010	Sen. Ferrioli
2B	016	Chair Brown adjourns the meeting at 5:07 p.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

1. SB 1102, written testimony, Barbara Dudley, 4 pp
2. SB 1102, written testimony, Annette K. Newingham, 9 pp
3. SB 1102, written testimony, Jan Coleman, 9 pp
4. SB 1102, written testimony of Jeff Kropf, Ted Hughes, 1 p
5. SB 1102, written testimony, Alex Aronson, 2 pp
6. SB 1102, written testimony, Jake Oliver, 1 pp
7. Rules, Committee, staff, 3 pp
8. SB 1102-1 amendments, staff, 1 p
9. SB 1071-1 amendments, staff, 1 p