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Roll call vote

A vote where Members' names are called individually. Used in the Senate to buy time for last-minute negotiations, the roll is called (or read through name by name) up to three times by the clerk. A good clerk can speed up or delay the roll call by how fast or slow he or she reads the names. Due to its size, the House rarely uses roll call votes, instead relying on votes by electronic device.

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