https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFIN_qULL14
This^^^
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The CRS report, relying on authoritative House practice manuals, explains that the speaker is elected by a majority of members voting “for a person by name.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-happens-if-some-house-members-start-voting-present/
Yes he is, sat next to Boebert.
Let’s say that, in order to register dissatisfaction with Kevin McCarthy, Republican members were to vote “present” rather than voting for a named alternative, such as Jim Jordan (the alternative who got the most votes, 20, in round three, but who backs McCarthy and says he doesn’t want the job). If there were enough “present” votes, New York Democrat Hakeem Jeffries could be elected speaker with just the 212 votes he amassed in round three from the unified Democrats. I believe that would take 12 “present” votes. (For Jeffries to win with 212, there could be no more than 423 votes for named candidates — out of the total of 435 House members.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-happens-if-some-house-members-start-voting-present/
Gaetz - PRESENT
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