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FBaggins

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1. Rhetorically strong... but I don't think the law is on our side

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:47 PM

Jan 14

A quorum isn’t 68 votes… it’s a majority of members. If one or more seats are vacant, the quorum goes down.

Worse than that - while a judge ruled that Tabke had won the election… that may not force the House to seat him (perhaps forcing a special election in a tight district)

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Rhetorically strong... but I don't think the law is on our side FBaggins Jan 14 #1