Wednesday, February 12, 2014

VOICE VOTES

Voice Votea vote taken by noting the relative strength and volume of calls of aye and no


 Are Ayes Valid? Researchers show that voice votes are invaild






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The  Leadership at the Democratic National Convention in 2012 wanted two solutions and the chairman asked the 22,000 delegates for voice votes on both. Passing the motions required a  2/3 majority. They have researched that ayes don't have it.researchers at the University of Iowa in Iowa City found, is that except under unrealistic controlled circumstances, voice votes are useless.  Ingo Titze, an authority on voice and speech, thought the result was unclear at best, and probably predetermined. He decided to run an experiment at one of his undergraduate classes in Iowa City.His conclusion was that unless the vote is overwhelming -- something like a two-thirds majority -- no one can really tell the difference between a winning motion and a losing one. He also found that it doesn't matter whether you call for the yeas and nays or the yes and  no.  And, if you have a quiet voice, don't bother -- your vote won't be heard; the loudest voices will carry the day even if they are in the minority


i think that voice votes are not valid.You cant tell who agrees or disagrees 
If theyre not loud enough then their voices wont be heard and it wont matter 



In APGOPO we talked about how the voters decide who governs and that the people have a voice but in this case voice voting