Whose vote is it?
Gardner Selby at the Austin American-Statesman has an interesting story today about the practice of ghost voting in the House. Seems like we've seen a lot of shenanigans with voting this session, and I can tell you as someone who tries to determine how lawmakers really voted so we can tell readers, the process ain't pretty. Between "machine malfunctions" and members rewriting history in the House Journal, constituents are sometimes left in the dark. And ghost voting adds another layer.
Comments
I submit that there has been no change regarding the frequency of ghost voting. There has, however, been a marked increase in the reporting of the practice.
Posted by: Bubba Galt | April 27, 2007 1:22 PM
The irony here is that we'll never know if ghost voting has increased or not because ... there's no way to tell.
Posted by: Anon | April 27, 2007 4:13 PM