The Philadelphia Democrat is wanted by police, yet a rules change in the state House gives the Democrats the power to cast votes in his name, even as he evades capture.
State Rep. Kevin Boyle has remained a reliable vote for his party’s agenda in Harrisburg, writes Kyle Sammin, even as the wanted Democrat is nowhere near the state Capitol., accused of violating a restraining order. By the time you read this, the Philadelphia Democrat may be in jail. He may still be on the lam. He may be institutionalized. But one thing is certain: He will still — even though he is nowhere near the state Capitol — be a reliable vote for his party’s agenda in Harrisburg.
It is true that many issues are decided on party-line votes, but when we elect our senators and representatives, we are not just voting for a party, we are voting for an individual person who lives in an individual district. Not every Democrat is the same, nor is every Republican. The state constitution recognizes that and requires that. It doesn’t make sense that, once elected, they can hand their voting power off to someone from another district.
My own visit to Boyle’s district office last week confirmed this. The door was locked, and multiple signs claimed the staff there were “currently working appointment only.” The only other thing posted in the windows was, ironically, a crime alert from the Philadelphia Police Department.,” his brother, U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, says. He does not say exactly what those problems are, and our societal conventions hold that it is rude to ask.
When such a Democratic vacancy did occur earlier this year, they took no chances, adjourning the House until a replacement was elected (Democratic leadership claimed the timing was coincidental, and that they were
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