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Voting

Chairs can run a vote in one of three ways. Which one you experience depends entirely on what the chair starts — CHASE doesn't change what's physically expected of you for the first two, but it drives the process for the third.

Show of hands​

The traditional placard vote: the chair calls for votes in favor, against, and abstaining, and counts raised placards/hands in the room. CHASE shows the tally and result on the presentation screen as the chair records it — there's nothing to do on your own device for this vote type.

Roll call vote​

The chair calls each delegation by name in turn, and you answer with your vote when called (verbally or with your placard, per your committee's procedure). As with show-of-hands, this happens in the room — CHASE records each delegation's vote as the chair enters it and shows the running results on the presentation screen.

Device-based vote​

For this vote type, you cast your vote directly from your own device:

  1. When the chair starts a device-based vote, a voting screen automatically pops up on your device — you don't need to navigate anywhere.
  2. A countdown shows how much time you have to vote.
  3. Tap Pro, Con, or (if abstentions are allowed for this vote) Abstain.
  4. Your choice is locked in immediately — you can change it by tapping a different option again before time runs out.
  5. When the countdown ends, your final choice is locked and you'll see confirmation ("Your vote has been locked in") — or, if you didn't vote in time, a note that no vote was recorded.

Results stay hidden while the vote is in progress and are revealed once it ends, so you won't see the running tally as votes come in.

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You must be marked present and represent a delegation (not a spectator) to receive a device-based voting prompt.

Majorities​

Whatever the vote type, results are measured against the majority thresholds shown on your dashboard (simple, absolute, two-thirds) — see Committee Overview & Status for how those are calculated.