LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
Travis grand jury calls on House to discontinue 'ghost voting'
But body says members aren't criminally liable for voting for other members who are absent.
By Steven Kreytak
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Thursday, June 26, 2008

A Travis County grand jury today issued a report calling on Texas lawmakers to cease the common practice of voting electronically for colleagues who are not at their desks or to change Legislature rules that prohibit the practice.


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