Jacqueline Taylor, a freshman biology major, said she doesn't know all that much about student government and doesn't think the voting records matter. But Glick said voting records should be public. Glick said in the past the Skiff published how representatives voted for each piece of legislation introduced. The vote represents the whole dorm or commuter students, she said. The only drawback to posting voting records online is representatives might feel pressured by groups to vote a certain way, she said.
Some students think that voting records are unnecessary.
Bruce Cline, a sophomore pre-major, said he wouldn't use the online voting records to see how his representative is voting. A representative should be voting for what his or her constituents want, said Brian Becker, chairman of the Elections and Regulations Committee. One reason legislation is tabled is to give representatives a chance to go back to their constituents and find out what they think about it, he said. Josh Wall, a junior political science major, said making voting records public keeps representatives accountable. It is important to know what legislation has been passed but not who voted for it, said Erik Ledid, a sophomore biology and chemistry major.