viva voce vote
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A very few voices, the viva voce vote having been called for: "Aye."
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a viva voce vote showed most of the electors for Lewis Morris, whom Governor Cosby had deposed as Chief Justice of New York's Supreme Court, the Sheriff demanded a poll.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day by an overwhelming viva voce vote the full Chamber adopted a resolution condemning the Farm Board's policies.
From Time Magazine Archive
On June 28 by a viva voce vote the Senate went on record as the ninth State to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment, the actual strength being 19 to 10, with one absent.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
