Roll Call Vote

A legislative balloting procedure that formally registers the specific position or choice of every legislator who was present and cast a vote. These particular instances of voting, which occur within the main chamber of the House of Representatives and are referred to as "yeas and nays" or "recorded votes" – methods where individual votes are officially noted – are carried out employing a digital apparatus or electronic system [1]. In contrast, the Senate does not possess or utilize an electronic system for casting ballots; instead, during these specific types of votes, Senators verbally state "yea" (in favor) or "nay" (opposed) as the designated official reads out the name of each Senator aloud [1]. Subsequently, the results of each such vote are gathered and organized by the legislative clerks and are then allocated a unique identifying number, known as a roll call number. This identifier is officially listed on the legislative information website, Congress.gov, where it is labeled as a "Record Vote" when referring to Senate proceedings or a "Roll no." when referring to House procedings.