ayes and nays
- yeasVotes for passage
- naysVotes in opposition
- votesFormal choices recorded
- ballotVoting document
- roll callAttendance-taking procedure
favor · opposed · motion · quorum · tally · abstain · majority · unanimous · dissent · parliament · seconded · carried · defeated · division · floor · gavel · speaker · chamber
voting outcome
ayes and naysunanimous vote
Decision with zero opposition
consensus · unanimity · acclamation · unanimous consent · voice vote
decision method
ayes and naysconsensus
General group agreement
acclamation · unanimous consent · executive order · decree · fiat
voting decisiveness
ayes and naysabstentions
Formal refusals to vote
silence · present · no-shows · indecision · fence-sitting