Which voting method involves standing to express support or opposition, with counts not explicitly reported?

Which voting method involves standing to express support or opposition, with counts not explicitly reported?

• A. Rising Vote
• B. Rising Counted Vote
• C. Voice Vote
• D. Ballot Vote

Answer: (A)

In a rising vote, members stand to show their vote for or against the motion. The key point is that the chair determines the result by the visual signal of who is standing, and there is no explicit tally or published count of how many voted for or against. This makes the rising vote faster and more informal than a counted method, and it avoids reporting exact numbers. This differs from a voice vote, where the vote is spoken and no standing occurs, and from a ballot vote, where ballots are cast secretly and counts are recorded. A counted rising vote would involve tallying the numbers, which the described scenario does not require.

In a rising vote, members stand to show their vote for or against the motion. The key point is that the chair determines the result by the visual signal of who is standing, and there is no explicit tally or published count of how many voted for or against. This makes the rising vote faster and more informal than a counted method, and it avoids reporting exact numbers.

This differs from a voice vote, where the vote is spoken and no standing occurs, and from a ballot vote, where ballots are cast secretly and counts are recorded. A counted rising vote would involve tallying the numbers, which the described scenario does not require.