Rep. Randy Hinshaw admits he voted for absent House members to give a bill to remove the state sales tax on food the margin it needed to pass.Representative Randy Hinshaw of Meridianville said Wednesday he was only doing what was best for his House district when he cast the votes on Tuesday.Republicans in the Alabama House claimed that some Democrats cheated by casting votes for members who were not present when a measure to remove the state sales tax on groceries was approved. "I voted some members' machines around me." He says he was simply following House rules that allow members to vote the machines of other representatives
The bill passed the House 63-38, receiving the exact number of votes needed to pass a constitutional amendment.
