How will the Texas Senate decide whether Attorney General Ken Paxton is impeached? How long will it take for them to determine Ken Paxton's fate? When the...
No, Patrick, the Senate’s presiding officer, served as judge for the impeachment trial. He is not part of the jury deliberations.Yes. All 12 Senate Democrats are expected to vote for conviction and removal of office. The chamber’s 19 Republicans could be split on the issue and they have been pressured to vote a certain way by Paxton’s supporters and opponents.No.
A hung jury, if it’s possible in this format, would mean acquittal. Because a two-thirds majority is required to convict, any number of votes less than 21 would be a rejection of an article. The rules do not appear to provide for a “hung” jury or a situation where senators don’t vote on the articles.All of the voting is done in public view. The public will be given at least 30 minutes notice before Senators come out to vote.
There are 16 articles of impeachment to be voted on. Each article will be read out loud, followed by the question:Using personalized note pads, the senators will take a pen, place a mark next to either “aye” or “nay” and tear off the piece of paper. Senate sergeant-at-arms employees acting as bailiffs will collect the votes.
A Senate Court of Impeachment ballot for the trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, seen on Mineola GOP Sen. Bryan Hughes’ desk from the gallery on Sept. 1. Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw, the trial’s clerk, will draw the votes from a leather receptacle randomly and then read aloud each senator’s name and how the senator voted.Yes. After Spaw has announced the vote tally on an article, Patrick will poll the jurors again.“As each member of the court’s name is called by the presiding officer, he or she shall rise in his or her place and answer yea or nay,” the trial rules say.It would take 21 senators to convict Paxton on any of the articles.
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