In a surprising turn of events, a review from yesterday’s vote for the flag bill actually had the 17 votes needed to be recalled to the House Floor. The official count in favor of the recall yesterday was announced as having only 14 votes, 3 votes shy of the 17 needed to successfully recall House Bill 2311 out of the Housing Committee for debate. The video above shows that the motion did in fact receive the 17 “yea” votes from the following Representatives Maile Shimabukuro, Tom Brower, Marilyn Lee, Karen Awana, Mele Carroll, Sharon Har, Gilbert Keith-Agaran, Joey Manahan, Angus McKelvey, Mark Taka, Ryan Yamane, Corinne Ching, Lynn Finnegan, Barbara Marumoto, Kymberly Pine, Cynthia Thielen, and Gene Ward.

“It’s not clear how or why this miscount occurred but it is our obligation to ensure that the veterans who came that day get justice for their cause,” stated Rep. Pine.

Even if Rep. Pine forced another recall vote on Friday, the end of the 5 day recess, the bill would be dead because it missed the first decking deadline.