Agenda Southwest Regional Hearing Thursday, April 7, 2005 • 9:00 A.M. Carson Ballroom 3rd Floor, Old Main Building Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Commission Members National Commissioners Hon. Charles Mathias, Honorary Chairman; Bill Lann Lee, Chairman; Hon. John Buchanan; Chandler Davidson; Dolores Huerta; Elsie Meeks; Charles Ogletree Guest Commissioners Hon. Rebecca Vigil-Giron; Hon. Penny Willrich; Ned Norris, Jr., Vice – Chair of the Tohono O’odham Nation representing the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona States Covered Arizona, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada Click panelist's name to view testimony 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Chair: Call to Order • Welcome • Introduction of Commission 9:30 AM– 11:15 AM First Panel: Historical Overview • Penny Pew, Elections Director, Apache County • Claude Foster, National Field Director, NAACP National Voter Fund • Nina Perales, Regional Council, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund • Andres Ramirez, Clark County, Nevada • Alberto Olivas, Director Voter Outreach, Maricopa Community College • Rev. Oscar Tillman, President, Maricopa County, NAACP • Robert Valencia, Member, Tribal Council, Pascua Yaqui Tribe 11:15 AM– 11:30 AM BREAK – Set up for Next Panel 11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Second Panel: • James Tucker, Adjunct Professor, ASU • Rodolfo Espino, Assistant Professor, ASU 12:30 PM– 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK 1:30 PM– 3:00 PM Third Panel: • Richard Ellis, Chair, Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College • Shirlee Smith, Native American Election Information Coordinator • Lydia Guzman, Policy Director, Clean Elections Institute • Adam Andrews, Tohono O’Odham Tribe • John Lewis, Executive Director, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona • Rogene Calvert, Immediate Past President, Houston Chapter of the Organization of Chinese-Americans • Daniel Ortega, Partner, Roush, McCracken, Guerrero, Miller & Ortega • Paul Eckstein, Partner, Perkins, Coie, Brown & Bain 3:00 PM– 3:15 PM BREAK 3:15 PM– 4:15 PM Fourth Panel: Public Testimony 4:15 PM– 4:30 PM Closing Remarks/Adjournment Back to main page   Southern Regional Hearing Montgomery, Alabama March 11, 2005 Southwest Regional Hearing Phoenix, AZ April 7, 2005 Northeast Regional Hearing New York, New York June 14, 2005 Midwest Regional Hearing Minneapolis, Minnesota July 22, 2005 South Georgia Hearing Americus, Georgia August 2, 2005 Florida Hearing Orlando, Florida 80th National Convention of the National Bar Association August 4, 2005 South Dakota Hearing Rapid City, South Dakota September 9, 2005 Western Regional Hearing Los Angeles, California September 27, 2005 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hearing Washington, DC October 14, 2005 Mississippi Hearing Jackson, Mississippi October 29, 2005