MPR Special: House hearing on Robert Pavlak unseating - final vote

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MPR’s live coverage of The Minnesota House of Representatives completing final vote on the issue of removing Independent-Republican Representative Robert Pavlak from his seat due to an election law violation in his campaign over former DFL Representative Arnold Kempe. (ADDITIONAL REFERENCE - Bob Pavlak was expelled for unfair campaign practices, and the seat was declared vacant. Pavlak ran unsuccessfully in the special election. Frank J. Rodriguez, Sr. won the special election, and the DFL gained control of the House. In the process of selecting a Speaker, the DFL split into factions, with 26 DFLers supporting Fred C. Norton and 42 supporting Irv Anderson; however, 49 Independent-Republicans sided with the pro-Norton faction, and Norton became Speaker for the 1980 session.)

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(00:00:08) Did you get it? (00:00:23) Yes, good afternoon. This is Bob Potter speaking to you from The Press Room of the Minnesota state capitol and about five or six minutes ago the chief Clerk of the Minnesota House Began taking the roll call by voice in the matter of whether representative. Robert Pavlik should be unseated in the Minnesota house the debate started at about 11:30 or so this morning. It ranged on for a period of time over discussion of the procedural item, whether it should be a simple majority to unseat representative Pavlik or a majority of those voting and the house ruled that it would be a majority of those voting. Let's listen now as Chief clerk said Burdick is going through the roll call by each individual member on this important question. (00:01:16) No. (00:01:18) Conan no after our stuff. Yes, Otis, Otis. Yes pattern Adam I have lack. Pillar pillar I Peterson Peterson know people people know pleasant pleasant no prowl Pro. Yes. M'darlin. Oh, m'darlin know reading reading. Yes. We we know, right right. No rice rice. Yes, rose rose. No Rothenberg the Rothenberg no sign up. Sign up I Schreiber Schreiber no Searles Searles. No, Sherwood Sherwood. No, sieben. H7h. I see even m7m I seminal seminal iced Adam. Stand mm. No stoah stoah. I stole well. Stillwell no Bigham Bigham. No Swanson Swanson I TD TD no Tomlinson Tomlinson. Yes Valen Valen know the lentil for lentil. No banasik banasik. Yes, Voss Voss. Yes. What are what are yes Weaver Weaver? No Welch Welch. Aye Welker Welker. No Wenzel. Wenzel Wenzel, I Weaver Weaver, no wiggly wiggly. No wynia Wynia, yes sube sube. No speaker syrup. No speaker, Cyril. No. Albrecht votes (00:04:02) no (00:04:09) That's the role has been called of the 133 members of the Minnesota house who are eligible to vote on the question of whether Robert Pavlik be unseated. Chief clerk at Burdick and his assistants will be toting up the results here and I anticipate that we very shortly we'll have an announcement of the (00:04:30) results. (00:04:35) Challenges of members seats in the Minnesota Legislature are very rare indeed. The last time a House member was honesty (00:04:44) bigger. Before the vote does Glenn Anderson announced I believe the statute calls that one may give reason for his vote and I would like to do that. I refrained from doing so before because I didn't want to influence anyone else's vote at that time. My vote on this case. Rest strictly on the editorial that was passed. Stating that the incumbent Arnold kemppi had voted four times out of more than 300. Had mr. Pavilack Pavlik been running for his first election. I believe I would have voted the opposite way but having served four times in this body. No way. Can I believe That he did not know that was in error that has my vote. Mr. Speaker. (00:05:46) It was a representative Glenn Anderson. He is a dfl are from Bellingham (00:05:55) one of the (00:05:57) We're all members of the Minnesota house. We started saying a moment ago. The challenging of a House member is a very rare event indeed. The last time it happened was in 1969. When do you FL are Barney Bischoff from Hibbing was unseeded that happened to February 7th 1969 and it was on a Voice vote the GOP held an eighty five to fifty or majority (00:06:25) 7 I-66 nay motion prevails in The Minority Report is adopted.

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