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state quite clearly that a delegate may change his vote
at any time before it is recorded and clearly indicates
that a vote may not be changed after it is recorded.
One further matter that I want to mention in
that connection, and that is that reviewing the Rules of
the House of Delegates of Maryland and of the Senate of
Maryland, we were unable to find any reference to a veri-
fication or a recount of the vote.
Now, as to the status of the matter under
consideration: There was no request for verification of
the vote prior to the time another vote was ordered. Quite
obviously, if a delegate observing his vote recorded on the
elec tronic roll call vote takes the Floor and says that the
machine has improperly recorded his vote, the record can
be corrected. I think the record can be corrected at any
time upon a proper request therefor by a delegate who says
his vote is improperly recorded.
In addition to that, in this particular situation,
the motion to reconsider the vote was before the House
and was pending;, and I do not think it could be delayed
by a verification of a prior vote. However, such a