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Deschler's Precedents: Chapter 30 -- Voting

Descher's Precedents, Chapter 30 -- Voting
94th Congress, 2d Session -- House Document No. 94-661
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Index to Precedents
[Commentary and editing by William Holmes Brown, J.D., and David P. Gary, J.D.; Manuscript editing by Joan Deschler Bamel.]
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A. Generally
§ 1. Introduction TEXT 43K
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§ 2. Stating and Putting the Question TEXT 33K
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§ 3. Duty To Vote TEXT 62K
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§ 4. Pairs TEXT 37K
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§ 5. Tie Votes; Supermajority Votes TEXT 44K
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§ 6. Finality of Votes Once Cast TEXT 5K
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B. Non-recorded Votes
§ 7. Voice Votes TEXT 10K
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§ 8. Voting by Division TEXT 10K
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§ 9. Demand for Division Vote TEXT 34K
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§ 10. Interruption of Division Vote TEXT 10K
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§ 11. Objections to Division Vote: Lack of Quorum TEXT 57K
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§ 12. Determining Presence of Quorum as Related to Division Vote TEXT 5K
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§ 13. Division Vote as Related to Demand for Tellers TEXT 25K
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§ 14. Division Vote as Related to Demand for Yeas and Nays TEXT 9K
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§ 15. Voting by the Chair on Division Votes TEXT 15K
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§ 16. Voting by Tellers; In General TEXT 14K
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§ 17. Demand for Tellers TEXT 35K
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§ 18. Ordering Tellers TEXT 17K
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§ 19. Appointment of Tellers TEXT 10K
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§ 20. Interruptions of Teller Votes TEXT 4K
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§ 21. Voting by the Chair on Teller Votes TEXT 11K
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§ 22. Recapitulation and Recounts of Teller Votes TEXT 17K
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C. Yeas and Nays and Other Votes of Record
§ 23. The Yeas and Nays; In General TEXT 13K
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§ 24. Demands TEXT 22K
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§ 25. -- When Not in Order TEXT 13K
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§ 26. Ordering of Vote TEXT 29K
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§ 27. Interruption of Vote TEXT 5K
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§ 28. Recapitulation of Roll Call Vote TEXT 35K
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§ 29. Voting by the Speaker TEXT 15K
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§ 30. Recorded Votes; In General TEXT 21K
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§ 31. The Electronic Voting System TEXT 116K
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§ 32. Requests To Alter Electronically Recorded Votes TEXT 13K
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§ 33. Demand for Vote TEXT 94K
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§ 34. Taking the Vote TEXT 7K
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§ 35. Time to Respond on a Vote TEXT 16K
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§ 36. Casting Votes After the Roll Call; Effect of Announcement of Result TEXT 14K
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§ 37. Changing Incorrectly Recorded Votes Prior to Announcement of Result TEXT 11K
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§ 38. Correction of Incorrectly Recorded Votes After Announcement of Result TEXT 14K
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§ 39. Changing Correctly Recorded Votes; Inquiries TEXT 17K
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§ 40. Effecting Vote Changes and Corrections TEXT 14K
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§ 41. Announcement of Member Pertaining to His Own Vote; Announcing How Absent Colleague Would Have Voted TEXT 35K
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D. Division of the Question for Voting
§ 42. In General TEXT 76K
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§ 43. Amendments and Substitutes Therefor TEXT 33K
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§ 44. Motions To Amend an Amendment TEXT 8K
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§ 45. Motions To Instruct Conferees; Motions To Recommit TEXT 7K
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§ 46. Motions for the Previous Question TEXT 3K
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§ 47. Motions To Rise TEXT 1K
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§ 48. Motions To Strike Out and Insert TEXT 11K
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§ 49. Propositions Affecting Several Persons TEXT 24K
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§ 50. Propositions Considered Under a Motion To Suspend the Rules TEXT 2K
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§ 51. Report From the Committee of the Whole on Amendments Considered Therein TEXT 14K
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§ 52. Motions To Recede and Concur TEXT 37K
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E. Postponing Votes; Clustering Votes; Reduced Voting Time; Separate Votes
§ 53. Evolution of House Rules on Postponement and Reduced Voting Time TEXT 39K
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§ 54. Postponing Votes TEXT 48K
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§ 55. Procedures During Postponed Proceedings TEXT 53K
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§ 56. Postponed Proceedings and the Quorum Rule TEXT 30K
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§ 57. Reduced Voting Time TEXT 24K
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§ 58. Separate Votes on Amendments in the House TEXT 35K
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F. Delegate Voting
§ 59. Delegate Voting in the Committee of the Whole TEXT 152K
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