Piano voting
also known as ghost voting is the practice of a legislator voting for an absent one, either with or without their consent. Piano voting is illegal in many countries.
In other countries it's legal for two legislators from opposing parties to agree to vote for the other one if one must be absent.
By country
Ukraine
Piano voting is a common occurrence in Ukraine, even at the parliamentary level in the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
(the Ukrainian national parliament). The Ukrainian government has attempted to curtail the practice, through disincentives like fines and the installation of sensor technology that makes it more difficult to vote for multiple people. Nonetheless, piano voting remains a serious issue at both the national level and the local level.
Armenia
There have been several votes in which members of the
Parliament of Armenia
The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...
, mainly of the
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), voted instead of other MPs.
Russia
Piano voting has been reported in Russia.
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