JOINT INFORMATIONAL HEARING

DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS FACED BY VOTERS AT THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE

ASSEMBLYMEMBER CURREN PRICE, CHAIR

SENATE ELECTIONS, REAPPORTIONMENT, AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMMITTEE

SENATOR RON CALDERON, CHAIR

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS

SENATOR JENNY OROPEZA, CHAIR

MARCH 7, 2008, 1 P.M. TO 4 P.M.

RONALD REAGAN STATE BUILDING, AUDITORIUM

300 SOUTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA

AGENDA

I. Opening Statements and Introductions

II. Secretary of State Debra Bowen

III. Dean Logan, Acting Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, County of Los Angeles

Conny McCormack, Immediate Past Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, County of Los Angeles

IV. Steve Weir, President, California Association of Clerks and Election Officials

Candy Lopez, Assistant Registrar of Voters, Contra Costa County

V. Kathay Feng, Executive Director, California Common Cause

Elizabeth Leslie, Communications Manager, League of Women Voters of California

Kim Alexander, President and Founder, California Voter Foundation

Bernard R. Ussery, Legal Counsel, African American Voter Registration and Education Project

VI. Public Testimony

VII. Closing Remarks

Senator Ron Calderon Opening Remarks
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