Sometimes a grift is just a grift. It's not always clear why some grifters bother. In today's example Asa Hutchinson vetoes an anti-trans bill. A really woke kind of guy, right?
Well, not so much:
state House 70 to 22 pass
state Senate 28 to 7 pass
In most states, override requires something more than 50% + 1. Not in Arkansas, merely that. Just a ploy, openly (snicker...) grifting. I suppose he thinks that he's feeling the breeze from next-door Georgia.
[update]
All of which raises the question: what are the rules of veto override among the states?
36 states require a two-thirds vote from both chambers of the legislature.
Seven states require a three-fifths vote from both chambers of the legislature.
Six states require a majority vote from both chambers of the legislature.
Alaska requires a two-thirds vote in a joint meeting of its legislative chambers.
So, Arkansas and five others have a worthless veto. Well, unless someone changes voting. Swell. But which ones?
The wiki to the rescue: the backward states with simple majority.
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virgina
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