New York Lawmaker Claims He Gets Two Votes

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/17/new_york_lawmaker_claims_he_gets_two_votes.html

New York Lawmaker Claims He Gets Two Votes


New York state Sen. Pedro Espada told the New York Post that he and his Republican allies "are forging an explosive new plan to give him an unprecedented two votes to break the newly emerged deadlock in the state Senate."

Said Espada: "I can have two votes. We're going to maintain that, as the president pro tempore of the Senate, I am also the acting lieutenant governor, and the lieutenant governor can vote when there's a tie."

"Legal experts say there are no known examples where a member of the 62-seat Senate was allowed to cast two separate votes on the same action."