I'd say fence-sitting this vote is even more an indictment than just a "No" vote personally; it doesn't take a MENSA candidate to tell whether or not funding a genocidal morass of settlers is morally correct
Another example of more subtle forms of exclusion afforded by anonymity can be found in the
practice of voice vote in the US Congress. While the roll call voting record, which identifies
the voting behavior of each Congress member individually, has established itself as the
dominant practice in modern congressional procedures, the default version still practiced today
is the voice vote. Here yeas and nays are each expressed verbally and collectively so that the
individual vote of the respective Congress member remains unknown to the public. The chair
then gauges the majority and decides the vote. This procedure, which is the original practice of
the US Congress, undermines transparency and parliamentary accountability. Obscuring voting
behavior effectively shuts the public out and metaphorically speaking closes the doors of
parliament to public scrutiny. Lynch and Madonna (2103) find that elections incentivize
Congress members to request a recorded roll call vote. Thus, while the competition for seats
enhances transparency, voice voting is still a common practice when members of Congress
want to conceal their voting behavior on controversial issues
One of the greatest tragedies in American History was this man losing the democratic nomination. He could have done so much, and instead we fucking got Joe Biden...
If 80 senators decide the vote should be anonymous then it could be, right? Normally i don't think that'd be possible but for something AIPAC hold so dear i could see it
If 80 senators decide the vote should be anonymous then it could be, right? Normally i don’t think that’d be possible but for something AIPAC hold so dear i could see it
A voice vote would provide that anonymity and may be the path the senate goes down since then the official votes aren't counted, but idk if that is paperwork that happens later.