单词 | teller vote |
释义 | > as lemmasteller vote teller vote n. U.S. Politics (now historical) (in the House of Representatives) a vote tallied by tellers as members file past them, without the names of the members voting being recorded.In 1970, an alternative system, sometimes referred to as a recorded teller vote, was introduced, in which members submitted voting cards marked with their names to the teller, enabling a record to be kept of each member's vote. After the introduction of electronic voting in 1973, teller votes became uncommon, and in 1993 the use of teller votes without recording of names was abolished. Cf. roll-call vote n. at roll-call n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > putting to vote > division of members to count votes > vote taken by teller vote1875 1875 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. 1/4 If the indications afforded by the teller vote to-day do not fail, the bill will receive a two-third majority. 1924 Congress. Rec. 11 Apr. 6142/1 Is not the teller vote the highest in the committee? 1971 N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 21 (headline) First recorded teller vote is taken in the House. 1972 W. Weaver Both Your Houses vii. 99 If the outcome of a division is unsatisfactory to at least twenty members of the Committee of the Whole..they can demand a teller vote. 1990 R. A. Lee Eisenhower & Landrum-Griffin vii. 147 It was a teller vote and many congressmen were hanging back to see which way the tide was going before moving forward to vote. 2014 T. S. Purdum Idea whose Time has Come vii. 198 Smith's amendment passed 168 to 133 on a teller vote. < as lemmas |
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