For me, the decision of the Senate when they vote on an issue during their plenaries solely lies on the Senate President.

Once I watched the president asked:
“Those in support say Aye”.

Some said “aye”.
“Those against say nay” he prompted again.

More Congressmen chorused “naaaay!”.

“The ayes have it” he concluded with the gavel.

And then I thought, “there should be a better way of doing things than shoving deceit down the throats of the citizenry”.

Then I thought of an electronic panel with two buttons, AYE and NAY, installed on every seat in the hallowed chamber. The display board large enough to be conspicuous to everyone.

Once the president calls for a vote, the result should determine his pronouncement.

Transparency should be our watchword if we mean to serve those who voted us in.

What do you think?


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So bad.

Actually, they can vote electronically but that's only if any senator raises an objection to the voice vote. They can also have a manual vote count which is done by the clerk of the house.

As to what you witnessed...everyone already agreed to the "aye" as the vote is probably a standard thing but some senator like to troll once a while.

Mynd44:
Actually, they can vote electronically but that's only if any senator raises an objection to the voice vote. They can also have a manual vote count which is done by the clerk of the house.

As to what you witnessed...everyone already agreed to the "aye" as the vote is probably a standard thing but some senator like to troll once a while.

It's likely they do what they do to save time, manual counting may not do the magic.

Lionize:


It's likely they do what they do to save time, manual counting may not do the magic.

In situations where the vote is going to be tight, they might. Especially on controversial bills