…that our legislators actually cast their own votes? Apparently it is.
At least four House members who were not present Wednesday were recorded voting “yes,” including Rep. DuWayne Bridges, R-Valley, and Rep. Richard Laird, D-Roanoke, who are in Korea on an industry hunting trip. Bridges is a conservative Republican who other GOP members say they expect would have voted against the measure. Laird is a Democrat who often votes with Republicans on social and tax issues.
Also voting “yes” on the bill were Rep. Thad McClammy, D-Montgomery, who was in a hospital Tuesday, and Rep. Jeff McLaughlin, D-Guntersville, who said he was with his family on a spring break trip to the beach and had given a Democratic colleague permission to vote his machine.
House Minority Leader Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said he saw one Democrat, Rep. Randy Hinshaw of Meridianville, vote the electronic machines of Bridges and Laird, without receiving their permission.
“You can’t be courteous here anymore. They (Democrats) are going to cheat to get what they want,” Hubbard said.
Fraud might be a better word then cheating, but until we get the definitive answer from the legislators in question, we don’t know whether or not the votes on their machines were authorized or not.
GOP: Democrats cast votes for absent House members - NewsFlash - al.com
