viva voce
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Per the viva voce system, a practice with roots in Ancient Greece, eligible voters would call out the names of their preferred candidates to a government clerk, who registered votes in a pollbook.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
In his last Facebook post, Krishnan referred to this new rule: “There is no equality in MPhil/PhD admission, there is no equality in viva voce – there is only denial of equality.”
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
In the 19th-century viva voce system, people went to local polling places and swore an oath that they were voting in good faith.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2016
Attack ads generally make people less happy and hopeful, while making them more angry and worried, so perhaps the emotional response to the viva voce ads is to be expected.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2016
A viva voce vote was then taken and the resolution was adopted without a dissenting voice.
From 30,000 Locked Out. The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago. by Beeks, James C.
