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 Back to Roll Call Votes Electronic Voting Machine Recorded and roll call votes are normally taken by electronic device, except when the Speaker orders the vote to be recorded by other methods prescribed by the Rules of the House. In addition, quorum calls are generally taken by electronic device. Each Member is provided with a personalized Vote-ID Card which can be used to vote electronically. A number of vote stations are positioned around the Chamber. Each vote station has a slot into which the voting card is inserted and buttons marked "yea," "nay," "present." The stations have an "open" indicator, which is lit when a vote is in progress and the system is ready to accept votes. Members vote by inserting the voting card into the card slot and pressing the appropriate button to indicate the Member's choice.
Members, if they wish, may have their votes recorded by handing a paper
ballot to the Tally Clerk, who then records the vote electronically according
to the indicated preference of the Member. The paper ballots are green
for "yea," red for "nay," and amber for "present." The voting machine
records the votes and tallies the result when the vote is completed.
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