‘We’ve got to have an alternative’ Democrats working 'very hard' on remote voting plan

[Right_in_Virginia]

‘We’ve got to have an alternative’ Democrats working 'very hard' on remote voting plan
Washington Examiner, Apr 15, 2020

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Wednesday Democrats are drafting a plan that would allow lawmakers to conduct business, including voting, without coming to the Capitol in the event of an emergency. But it would not be allowed during the immediate coronavirus crisis that has shuttered Congress.

“It’s being worked on very hard,” Hoyer told reporters in a telephone press conference.

The House adjourned in mid-March due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus and is not scheduled to return until May 4 at the earliest.

That means any legislation must pass by voice approval or unanimous consent, which do not require an official quorum of lawmakers to appear in the chamber.

Hoyer said lawmakers are contemplating ways to permit remote roll-call votes “in an emergency situation” at some point in the future, but he said it would require a vote of the full House to change the rules that now require in-person voting.

Hoyer said House and Senate leaders in both parties do not want remote voting allowed on a regular basis.


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[Right_in_Virginia]

They can't set up remote voting for a closed group of 535 adults ..... but they want to implement remote voting for 300,000,000 Americans across the country.

What could go wrong?

[skeeter]

WHY do we never hear an argument from the GOP for voter ID? We CA conservatives have been totally "disenfranchised" from the system on account of rampant fraud.

We alway hear about voter suppression of 'people of color' but my vote has been rendered completely meaningless. Someone on our side had better freakin speak up.