In Soviet Russia, bill secret(e)s you.
Here’s a not-sufficiently-known fact: Republicans in the House of Delegates changed the rules last year so that they could cast secret votes to kill bills. They made use of that rule many, many times last year. This is not democracy as it’s recognized in most of the world, and it’s damned well not democracy in Virginia. So Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston) has introduced HR48, which would require all subcommittee votes to be recorded. Ironically, this bill will probably be killed via a secret subcommittee vote. I look forward to somebody attending that subcommittee meeting and posting the list of everybody who voted against it on Richmond Sunlight, such that every one of those delegates may be driven from office.
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