Here's a question: if they were not using a button system, and members were absent, would Democrats be able to vote twice by raising both hands?
Also, why couldn't some other (Republican) members of the legislature press buttons for the Democrats? It's not as if the absent members left any directions to their remaining colleagues as to what to vote for (otherwise, they were neglecting their duties by not pressing these buttons during the first vote).
Banana Republic is as Banana Republic does.
No, that would violate the king's X provision of the do-over rules. Unfreakin believable.