viva voce vote
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A very few voices, the viva voce vote having been called for: "Aye."
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day by an overwhelming viva voce vote the full Chamber adopted a resolution condemning the Farm Board's policies.
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This resolution, the only one on which radicals and conservatives were in complete agreement, was adopted by a rousing viva voce vote on the convention floor.
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Mr. Green confidently put the question to a viva voce vote, announced that Mr. McDonough had been counted out.
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The President then put the resolution to a vote; but, being unable to determine from the viva voce vote whether it was carried or not, he stated that the roll would be called.
