It is legal to put a hiring decision to a department or staff vote; it is also legal to simply not want to rehire a prior employee (there is no right to rehiring or re-employment).Only certain forms of "discrimination" are actually illegal. An employee cannot be denied a job due to his/her race, color national origin, sex, age 40 or over, disability, or religion, or in your state, marital status as well. But an employer may refuse to hire you for any other reason other than these prohibited by law.