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A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
motion to reconsider. A vote No is a vote
against. Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 85 votes in the affirmative
and 40 in the negative, the motion to re-
consider carries.
Amendment No. 5 is now before you. Is
there any further discussion?
(There was no response.)
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. Chairman, may
I ask your indulgence and that of the Com-
mittee of the Whole for just one minute.
In anticipation of the announced motion to
reconsider, I did some calculating, in terms
of the number of voters that would be in-
volved in a House of Delegates district un-
der the proposal we adopted in the legis-
lative branch. Based on the proportion of
the population eligible that normally regis-
ters and the proportion of those who are-
registered who normally vote, when you get
down to a primary, you find that in this
State in terms of the 33,000 population that
was enunciated in the committee report as
population involved in a single legislative
district, this gets to about 4,000 voters in
the primary which includes both parties.
I just want to bring to your attention
the great possibility that a small number
of voters can effectively decide the outcome
of an election and that when you tie your
residence requirements to something that
can in the near future administratively be
as little as three days, you are really seri-
ously jeopardizing the integrity of the elec-
toral process.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question? The question arises on the
adoption of Amendment No. 5.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
amendment. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
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There being 64 votes in the affirmative
and 64 in the negative, the motion is lost.
The amendment is rejected.
(Applause.)
Delegate Weidemeyer, does the Chair un-
derstand that you desire to offer your
amendment to section 1 that is marked AF?
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will
please distribute the amendment marked
.AF.
Delegate Chabot.
DELEGATE CHABOT: Mr. Chairman,
you will recall last night when we were
considering Delegate James' amendment, I
had offered an amendment and then at the
suggestion of the Chair, withdrew it. It
relates to this specific subject matter and
if Delegate Weidemeyer and the Conven-
tion would not object, I would wish that we
could take it up right now. I am sure the
discussion would be very brief on it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is the amendment
printed?
DELEGATE CHABOT: Yes, sir, it is
AE.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Weide-
meyer, is it satisfactory to you to withhold
action on your amendment AF for a few
moments?
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: I would
rather withhold mine because I do not
want it Chabotaged.
(Laughter.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will dis-
tribute amendment AE, which will be
Amendment No. 9. The Clerk will read the
amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 9
to Committee Recommendation S&E-2, by
Delegate Chabot.
On page 1, section 1, Eligible Voters in
Federal, State and County Elections in
lines 12 and 20 respectively in each in-
stance strike out the words "three months"
and insert in lieu thereof respectively in
each instance the words "thirty days".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
submitted by Delegate Chabot. Is there a
second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: For what purpose
does Delegate Rybczynski rise?
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