Growing number of House Republicans warm to proxy voting

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A number of House Republicans who previously opposed Democrats' proxy voting system to let lawmakers vote remotely during the pandemic have begun embracing it in recent weeks.

Most of the Republicans who've warmed to proxy voting are leaving Congress and have little to lose politically by utilizing proxy voting at the end of their terms.

But it's nevertheless a sharp turnaround, as lawmakers who voted against establishing the rules changes to adjust to the pandemic or signed on to a lawsuit challenging the proxy voting system as unconstitutional are now authorizing Democrats to cast votes on their behalf.

House GOP leaders and the party's campaign arm, meanwhile, are still attacking Democrats for using proxy voting, even as more of their own members have begun partaking in the system.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/growing-number-of-house-republicans-warm-to-proxy-voting/ar-BB1cgqEX?li=BBnbfcQ

[Towlie]

1. Why do they call it "proxy voting"? That's not what proxy voting is.

 
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Proxy voting is granting authority to someone else to cast your vote. That's not the same as allowing you to cast your vote remotely.