Apologies for not making it explicit like I did in March, but someone raised a concern. So I wanted to make it clear that I counted my own late vote, and allowed it as the presiding officer. I'm pretty sure I've been late more than once since then (including 2 months ago) without making this clear, but once again this is nothing that hasn't happened before. I'll make sure to say it next time
Yes I'll extend the Speaker vote. I wanted to wait for everyone else to vote before I cast my ballot this afternoon, but work ended up going much later than expected and here we are. Nothing that hasn't happened before, of course
You can't count late votes. The House rules I see when I follow the link on the noticeboard say:
2.) The most senior Representative, known as the Dean of Representatives, (seniority shall be determined by length of continuous service) who isn't on Leave of Absence, or the Representative chosen by the Dean, shall convene the House of Representative to elect a Speaker on the first day of each legislative session and when the office of Speaker is vacant. The House of Representatives shall elect a Speaker from among its members by majority consent within a 72-hour period. All votes cast following the 72-hour period shall be considered invalid. This period shall not be extended except if quorum has not been reached by the end of the voting period. In these cases, the Dean may extend the voting period for 24 hours. The Dean may terminate the voting period early if all Representatives have already cast their vote. with In the event of a tie, the Vice President shall be the deciding vote in electing the speaker.
The voting period was announced to be 48 hours in the thread. The House rules says 72 hours. Even after 72 hours the vote was a tie. It makes it clear All votes cast after 72 hours shall be considered invalid.
In the event of a tie the Vice President shall be the deciding vote. It will be interesting to see if the Vice President goes with voting for status quo like in many parliaments or with a partisan vote.
