Unless I am missing something, there is NOTHING stopping this motion from being resubmitted - no need to wait to know how a non-voter would have voted. Since everyone has had plenty of time to mull the issue, I would guess that nine votes could be cast pretty quickly before someone "forgets" to vote.

Stop the bickering, resubmit the motion... and accept the outcome... or accept the outcome of the last vote and move on.