Journal article
The Nature of Voice Voting. Lessons from a Case Study
Pages 145 to 165
Cite this article
- URFALINO, Philippe,
- Urfalino, Philippe.
- Urfalino, P.
https://doi.org/10.3917/neg.027.0145
Cite this article
- Urfalino, P.
- Urfalino, Philippe.
- URFALINO, Philippe,
https://doi.org/10.3917/neg.027.0145
English
Building on a detailed study of debates and votes of contemporary expert committees, this article supports a hypothesis based on voting practices in the Middle Ages and under the French Old Regime: that the voice vote is a specific decision method. These distinctive properties show that it is not like any other voting.
Keywords
- collective decision-making
- voice voting
- history of electoral practices
- expert committees
- Bentham
Publisher keywords: Bentham, collective decision-making, expert committees, history of electoral practices, voice voting