The massive push by allies of Donald Trump to make sure that his Cabinet nominees get rubber-stamped by Republican senators is starting to rankle some lawmakers who are growing weary of being bullied.According to a report from Politico, while Republicans are showing a united front in allowing the pr...
  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    26 days ago

    Anonymous voting by elected representatives may be the goofiest thing I’ve heard of in a while.

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          26 days ago

          I mean there are ways to ensure it, the most low tech option is to have a camera rolling, have all the Y/N votes stuffed into the box. Open up the box and count.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        26 days ago

        The fact that pretty much every other democracy that doesn’t allow rampant lobbying and corruption works with public voting but one doesn’t should tell you that the problem is not with public voting.