To continue my little blog-tour of the Texas State Capitol, today's post is dedicated to the Texas House of Representatives - here is the view when you walk into the door above......
The desks are kind of old fashioned, but absolutely beautiful!
On the top of each desk is their electronic voting buttons - green for 'aye', red for 'nay' and I don't know what the other buttons mean. It's so weird to think that these silly little voting buttons can change your life - for the good or for the bad!
Very majestic-looking.....
A little bit of technology involved, but I love that it still says "In GOD we trust" under it.
And here's what those voting buttons are connected to - the green/red lights will show up next to your name once you vote at your desk.
This is the 'gallery' above the front of the room - I'm assuming special guests get to come and watch the proceedings.
Every chair has the seal of Texas on it - fantastic!
It was a very regal room with lots of character....
These are the doors that lead into/out of the chambers...
Even the doorknobs are 'Texified"!
This is leading out of the House of Representatives, back out to the rotunda....And straight ahead is the Senate.
To continue my little blog-tour of the Texas State Capitol, today's post is dedicated to the Texas House of Representatives - here is the view when you walk into the door above......
The desks are kind of old fashioned, but absolutely beautiful!
On the top of each desk is their electronic voting buttons - green for 'aye', red for 'nay' and I don't know what the other buttons mean. It's so weird to think that these silly little voting buttons can change your life - for the good or for the bad!
Very majestic-looking.....
A little bit of technology involved, but I love that it still says "In GOD we trust" under it.
And here's what those voting buttons are connected to - the green/red lights will show up next to your name once you vote at your desk.
This is the 'gallery' above the front of the room - I'm assuming special guests get to come and watch the proceedings.
Every chair has the seal of Texas on it - fantastic!
It was a very regal room with lots of character....
These are the doors that lead into/out of the chambers...
Even the doorknobs are 'Texified"!
This is leading out of the House of Representatives, back out to the rotunda....And straight ahead is the Senate.
1 comment:
Great pictures Lauri. Love that they are using something so old and with so much history instead of the stuff from today.
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