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a person who absents himself from the floor during a vote,
although not being recorded so, is in effect a nav vote,
because he is one less vote towards the recruired Constitu-
tional majority. The minority report doesn't address it-
self to that. Would you care to comment on that argument?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gilchrist.
DELEGATE GILCHRIST: The minority feels that
they would like to have those people recorded and if they
in absenting themselves voluntarily turn up with a no
vote, they show. The way the majority proposal would
have it, it would be very much easier to be a no show.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any further questions?
Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Delegate Gilchrist, do I
understand your response to Delegate Bamberger to mean
that you would force, or wish to force a delegate to
state publicly the manner in which he would vote if he did
not absent himself or did not abstain?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gilchrist.
DELEGATE GILCHRISE: I did not say that. Dele-
gate Hanson. This position got involved in the argument on