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Voting methods in deliberative assemblies
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<p><a href="/facts/Deliberative_assembly/IkCkqD1C">Deliberative assemblies</a> – bodies that use <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_procedure/GvMMDIkt">parliamentary procedure</a> to arrive at <a href="/facts/Decision_making/NbJYprSw">decisions</a> – use several methods of <a href="/facts/Voting/jPVTljTJ">voting</a> on <a href="/facts/Motion_(parliamentary_procedure)/CNLYWl4I">motions</a> (formal proposal by members of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action). The regular methods of voting in such bodies are a voice vote, a rising vote, and a show of hands. Additional forms of voting include a recorded vote and balloting. </p>