Speaker Pelosi shoots down remote voting (for the short term)

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Yamiche Alcindor ✔@Yamiche

.@LisaDNews just asked Speaker Pelosi about House possibly remote voting.

Pelosi says, "There is no way we can engage in remote voting...Let's not waste time on something that is not going to happen."

Pelosi added that "way down the road" remote voting might be a possibility.

3:27 PM - Mar 30, 2020

I really think she should rethink this, IMO.

[flibbitygiblets]

1. She's dead wrong on this one. What is the rationale?

I love Madame Speaker, but this is insanity. If there's a damn good reason to risk the lives of all these old people, and their families, and the families of everyone their families are in contact with, I've yet to hear it.

[ZZenith]

2. You think people should vote online?

Is that what “remote voting” implies?

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Congressional member votes

Not election voting online. We're not there yet (and when we are, I'd greatly prefer paper ballots).

[ZZenith]

11. Sorry! My comprehension skills seem to be waning.

[HotTeaBag]

4. "Way down the road" better mean by the end of the week.

If they don't start working on this yesterday, then it won't happen in time for November.

It's a huge undertaking that states are nowhere near prepared for.

[gordianot]

5. The House remote voting.

Drag their ass to the House and hope there is not another Rand Paul in the House.

[Glimmer of Hope]

6. It can't be that difficult to set up, right?

[Dennis Donovan]

12. It would be 435 secure VPN's fed into a single point

Nothing Herculean needed (VPN's can be set up remotely)

[dweller]

7. what are they voting on ?

aren't they on 3 week break ?
and didn't fatnixon threaten to 'call' them back ? i don't know how he could do this anyway ..

as for now if she says not gonna happen, i support her call
she's not let me down yet, just sayin'

✌🏼

[hunter]

8. She's 100% correct.

There are too many people in congress who would vote one way and claim another mumbling something about hackers.

What we need is transparent Personal Protective Equipment for congress people so we can keep an eye on them as they vote.

[lapfog_1]

9. Until someone clarifies...

This is about House members voting from home electronically and NOT about how voters vote in their own states.

The problem is, I believe, a constitutional question regarding Quorum being present as well as rules regarding a "recorded vote".

[Dennis Donovan]

13. "about House possibly remote voting."

It reads to me that Yamiche is referring to the House Of Representatives' members voting remotely.