Why doesn't the Texas Legislature do something about the fraudulent voting going on in the Legislative Branch? Oh wait, I just read aloud what I wrote and answered my own question. This is ridiculous, law makers breaking their own laws. In the Texas House there is constant fraudulent voting happening right in the open for everyone to see. The way this is happening is when a Representative is not present to vote, other district Representatives are voting for them by pressing a button on their desk. And they are obviously voting the way they want to vote, not in the best interest of that representative that is not present. Fraud! These are the same people that pass our laws and represent different people and are voted into that position to do just that, represent us. I don't want my Representatives desk mate or desk neighbor doing the voting for him because many times it is a Republican voting for a Democrat or vice versa.
Now in the beginning of the session, the Legislature creates rules that they all agree to follow and are held accountable for by the Speaker of the House. Section 47 in the book of Rules and Precedents of the Texas House says that if "any member is found guilty by the house of knowingly voting for another member on the voting machine without that other member’s permission shall be subject to discipline deemed appropriate by the house." The Speakers first duty is to enforce the rules and regulations of the session. Why isn't he doing something about this? When asked, he said that he leaves it up to the House members to do the right thing.
This situation is definitely a catch 22 because in order to change this, the Legislature would need to revise the law or pass a new one. But they are not going to do that because many of them are benefiting by fraudulently voting. I feel we need to try and do something about this as citizens of democratic country. We need to find a way to enforce our Representatives to represent only the ones that elected them into office. Maybe we should create a third party committee that has no way of benefiting from the fraudulent voting because they don't have access at knowing what they are voting for at the time, but are responsible to enforce the voting regulations. Anything is better than how it is at the moment. Lets stand up and do something, make your voice heard on this matter, or you may be casting a vote for abortion when you are pro life. Just saying.
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John Thompson writes blog post entitled "Hypocrites" which informs citizens of the fraudulent voting in the legislator and encourages people to take action.
Thompson explains the blatant disregard for the agreed upon rules the legislature sets. At the beginning of the legislative session the legislators agree to follow certain rules, including not voting for other members unless requested by that person. While it would seem that this would be an easy rule to follow and that our representatives would it can be seen, quite easily in fact that it is not followed. And as Thompson points out no representative is going to stop this fraud because they all benefit from it. I would also like to add that sometimes one member will vote for another even when they are present, which is directly against the rules.
Thompson then encourages people to take action against this fraud. No citizen would want a representative from another district vote for them. While Thompson encourages the people to take action he does not suggest and actions we can take.
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