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Now, I ask you what would you instruct the
people who were voting for your position? Would you
tell them to vote against reconsideration?
DELEGATE DORSEY: I am so confused by the
ruling of the Chair -- I have served in this House as a
member of the legislature for eight years, four years across
the hall in the Senate, and I have never in my lifetime
heard such a ruling as the Chair just made.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mason, do you
have any further inquiry? (Laughter.)
Derate Dorsey.
DELEGATE DORSLY: I never heard of a legislative
body -- and certainly this is one, because we are not
only legislating for today, but we are legislating for
generations -- where a tie vote couldn't be reconsidered.
THE CHAIRMAN: That is what is pending.
DELEGATE DORSEY: Well, I ask that a verification
be taken of it first, at which time any member is privileged
to change his vote. I refer you to Robert's Rules of
Order.
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you have a paragraph that you