3 ms·
And yet the Senate still often takes votes by voice, where precise counts aren't even logged. Registry of votes seems easy enough. If there's ever a question o
by pwinnski 7y ago
And yet the Senate still often takes votes by voice, where precise counts aren't even logged.
Registry of votes seems easy enough. If there's ever a question or a surprising vote, ask again. As-is, senators regularly vote by means of hand-waving and thumbs up/down gestures, so it's not like things are always super-formal even before this change.
- lisper 7y agoYes, that's true. But when a senator is on the Senate floor there is no doubt about his or her identity. How are you going to insure that the person registering a vote remotely is in fact the senator and not someone posing as the senator? Yes, there are ways to solve this problem, but they are not trivial.