viva voce vote
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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.
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
Mr. Green confidently put the question to a viva voce vote, announced that Mr. McDonough had been counted out.
From Time Magazine Archive
A very few voices, the viva voce vote having been called for: "Aye."
From Time Magazine Archive
The viva voce vote was to be taken at the Township elections in April, 1844.
From History of the Constitutions of Iowa by Shambaugh, Benjamin F.
