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good portion of the dinner recess hour in checking the
rulings of the Chair prior to recess. As a result of that
checking, the Chair is disposed to adhere to its previous
rulings, because it believes they were correct. Jeffer-
son's Manual contains no reference to a verification of the
vote. Neither does Roberts Rules of Order. Roberts Rules
of Order contains one provision in a footnote, suggesting tat
a secretary should be instructed to retain paper ballots
so that if a recount is ordered by a majority of the
Assembly, it would be available.
These references clearly indicate that it
would not be possible to change a vote on such a verifica-
tion.
The Senate Manual, the Senate of the United
States Manual refers to recapitulation by which it obviously
means the same thing that we have been saying by the term
"verification", as does also Carrion's Rules for the House
of Representatives. Both state quite unequivocally that ;
it is not possible on such a recapitulation to change the
vote. However, the Chair feels the matter is set beyond
any doubt at all by the Rules of this Convention which