Senator Ireti Kingibe Criticizes Use of Voice Vote for Approving Emergency Rule in Rivers State

  Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has raised concerns over the Senate's use of a voice vote to ...

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The voice vote is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. 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 the count on each side and state what they believe the result to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_vote

#VoiceVote #Downvote #Upvote #Lemmy #approbation #désapprobation

Voice vote - Wikipedia

OMG the ABC is clearly trying to confuse the audience as much as possible. #voicevote

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House rules state that once members ask for a division of votes, the chairperson cannot proceed to decide by a #VoiceVote. Even if only one member asks for it, he has to go in for voting, said #Achary. #RajyaSabha #FarmBills @[email protected] https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/no-constitutional-sanction-for-voice-vote-voting-shouldve-been-ordered-ex-ls-secretary-general-pdt-achary

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NH_India/status/1307990454227668992

No constitutional sanction for voice vote, voting should’ve been ordered:  Ex-LS secretary general PDT Achary

House rules state that once members ask for a division of votes, the chairperson cannot proceed to decide by a voice vote. Even if only one member asks for it, he has to go in for voting, said Achary