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eliminate a possible interpretation that a section might

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have to have 72 votes in order to be adopted. I suggest

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therefore the division of the question in such a way that we

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end up voting on a single section and requiring 72 votes is

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contrary to the intent of our rules.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate James.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Delegate Chabot conceivably could

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be right, but we cannot afford to gamble on this argument,

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on the adoption of his argument. The legislation says each

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article and each division, as I recall the words, must be

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voted on separately. Now, if we don't have 72 votes for

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this particular section if the question is divided and we

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adopt the Constitution, it would certainly invite a lawsuit

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when the people attacking the document can say that a sub-

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stantial question in the adoption of the Constitution was not

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adopted by 72 votes, and it is not a risk worth running.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate James, I don't think

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that is the point that Delegate Chabot has in mind. If I

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follow his reasoning, it is that since we have amended Rule

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59 so as not to require a vote by sections, he states for

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the purpose of avoiding a necessity of having 72 votes on