Due to a vacancy in the Chamber, this has enough votes to fail. Delegates have 24 hours to change their votes.
I must say, I am disappointed by this. Not because it is failing, but because none of the Nay votes bothered to say anything prior to the vote beginning. Perhaps an amendment could have been offered to address some of the concerns, I would have been happy to work with any of you on this if I had known there were issues. This is something I would have expected from the last Chamber, but not this one, our first instance of Lazy Legislating! this session. Several delegates are running for Governor - this helps bring clarity for me on that race.
The final vote coming along caught me a bit off guard and I really didn't know what to feel about the legislation. I was forced to make an opinion on the spot as to whether to vote Aye or Nay, and this wasn't helped by the fact I felt so indecisive about it. I agree this happening is a failing on part of not just me but also others in the chamber. We ought to do better than this.
Would a gubernatorial veto help the measure be amended?
