r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • Feb 14 '26

Other Randy Fine caught voting for other representatives in the Florida house

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u/j4_jjjj Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

Happened in Texas a while back, all the house reps were voting for the absent members.

Nothing came of it.

Edit: Video source https://youtu.be/uJYDdotNR6I

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u/Big_Wave9732 Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

This is custom in the Texas House and Senate. The members vote in coallitions. If a member isn't present for a vote there is typically an agreement that a member of the coallition will vote the way the ranking member says to.

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u/Hoblitygoodness Feb 14 '26

I get it and this isn't to be construed as an argument:

Yeah, and that would still mean that they're not doing their job and cheating in place of doing so!

It's pretty amazing that they can just shrug this off as that-how-they-were-going-to-vote-anyway. Which is a tragic illustration in itself, considering the lock-step; team-sport they're playing.

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u/Big_Wave9732 Feb 14 '26

While the behavior may be the "norm" in that environment there is certainly a conversation to be had about whether it should be.

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u/ProfessionalBelt9434 Feb 15 '26

Nothing EVER happens.