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Illinois Governor Gets Zero Votes On His "Right To Work" Bill

posted by n1 on Monday May 18 2015, @12:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the right-to-shirk dept.

"gewg_" writes:

AlterNet reports:

Illinois governor Bruce Rauner watched his anti-union bill called, "Right-To-Work", die a swift, cruel death in the House [May 14]. [...] The the tally [PDF] was 0 yes votes, 72 no votes, and 37 voting present.

Fun with math: The Illinois House has 118 members.

A handful of Republicans went for a walk during the vote, not publicly falling on one side or another.

Source: Chicago Sun Times

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Monday May 18 2015, @04:01AM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday May 18 2015, @04:01AM (#184332)

    0 yes votes
    72 no votes
    37 present votes
    9 people not present

    A "present vote" means "I'm here but will not give an opinion on the bill." Present votes + yes votes + no votes = total present. Unless if you can be in the chamber and not press any buttons at all, I suppose.

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