Voice vote

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In parliamentary procedure, a voice vote (from the Latin viva voce, meaning "by live voice") or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies (such as legislatures) in which a group vote is taken on a topic or motion by responding vocally. The voice vote is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. Voice votes gather the vocal response of the full assembly at once, while viva voce are often done by roll call and record the response and name of the individual voters one by one. Despite not being the same thing, voice votes and votes by viva voce are often confused because they have the same Latin roots. To conduct a voice vote, the presiding officer or chair of the assembly will put the question to the assembly, asking first for all those in favor of the motion to indicate so orally ("aye" or "yea"), and then ask second all those opposed to the motion to indicate so verbally ("no" or "nay"). The chair will then make an estimate of...

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