roll call vote

A counted vote by roll call, in which the secretary calls each member’s name, in answer to which the member casts aloud his or her vote.

• The U.S. Constitution provides that “the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 5, cl. 3.

— Also termed vote by yeas and nays; yeas and nays. See roll call under CALL(1).

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