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House Lawmakers Weigh Voting By Proxy To Maintain Social Distancing

Members are pushing to change the tradition of in-person voting because of coronavirus. Remote voting would take time to set up; it would be faster to have one member vote on behalf of many others.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on MSNBC Tuesday that after the coronavirus relief bill is passed, lawmakers will consider options for replacing in-person voting.

As the impacts of coronavirus spread among its own membership, House lawmakers are weighing alternatives to a longtime tradition to in-person voting as they near a potential, major vote on a new emergency bill.

Among the top rolled out this week suggests that maybe the preferred route if members want to skip out on in-person votes.

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