What happens if you get elected to the house or senate but then don't show up?
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Mister Twister
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« on: October 18, 2012, 11:49:46 PM »
Let's suppose an elected official just never shows up or does any work. Would that person still get a paycheck?
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 12:16:09 AM »
you probably get censured
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2012, 01:24:54 AM »

Well yeah, but that doesn't mean anything, right? You would still get a paycheck, wouldn't you?
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 07:34:39 AM »
A congressman can also be expelled.
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2012, 05:25:45 PM »
Happens in Italy all the time...I think there is someone in the Lower House with >90% rate of absence.
Nothing happened to him.
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 05:41:59 PM »
It varies by country.  Sinn Fein has been doing this for a long time.  In this instance, they do not collect heir salaries but do claim expenses and get offices in Westminster.
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2012, 12:27:47 AM »
If they never showed up even to be sworn in, I imagine the seat might be declared vacant.
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2012, 03:08:47 PM »
This happened, IIRC, in New Hampshire in 2006. A lot of Democrats who had no intention of actually serving in office accidentally won thanks to the strength of the party lever that year. When they didn't show, the seats were declared vacant and special elections were held.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 02:07:04 AM »
Quote from: italianboy8 on October 21, 2012, 05:25:45 PM
Happens in Italy all the time...I think there is someone in the Lower House with >90% rate of absence.
Nothing happened to him.

In France as well. Nobody gives a damn about legislative work because it generally consists in rubber-stamping what the government already decided.
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