Lyndon B. Johnson Museum & Library Austin, Texas May 24, 2001 Hearing Schedule: 10:00 am Opening Remarks by Commission Chairs 10:00 am Panel One - Legal Issues and Administrative Perspectives with Sharon Priest, Arkansas Secretary of State; Lance Ward, Secretary, Oklahoma State Election Board; Henry Cuellar, Texas Secretary of State; Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters. 11:00 am Panel Two - Constitutional and Federal Statutory Requirements with Joseph Rich, Department of Justice - Voting Rights Division; Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause; Cleta Mitchell, Sullivan & Mitchell; and Pamela Karlan from Stanford University. 12:00 pm Break and Press Availability followed by Lunch 1:30 pm Panel Three - Civil Rights with Hilary Shelton, NAACP; James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind; Kenneth Huff, National Board Member, AARP; and Rodolfo de la Garza, University of Texas. 2:30 pm Panel Four - Perspectives of Political Parties with Maria Echaveste, Democratic National Committee; a representative from the Republican National Committee; Hendrik Hertzberg, Center for Voting and Democracy; and Norm Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute.