Button Pusher
A button pusher ( uk, кнопкодав, ''Knopkodav'') is a term in Ukrainian politics and society related to a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the parliament of Ukraine) who votes on a motion by using their own identity card as well as ones belonging to other deputies. This voting is done either with or without the consent of the absent deputies. On 2 March 2021, sensor technologies were installed in the Ukrainian parliament that were designed to make it impossible for members of parliament (MPs) to vote on behalf of absent colleagues (since they need now to use both their hands for a single vote). Etymology The term "button pusher" emerged in the early 2000s in a journalistic environment for designating MPs who vote on behalf of their colleagues. Other names for this phenomenon are "vote in the dark", "truant voting", "multiple voting", "vote for himself and for the other guy", " piano voting", "pianism". The participants of "button pushing" are MPs"button push ...
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Impersonal Voting In Verkhovna Rada
Impersonality may refer to: * Impersonal passive voice, a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb to zero * Impersonal verb, a verb that cannot take a true subject {{Disambig ...
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