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A. The presiding officer shall declare all votes; but if any member doubts a vote, the presiding officer, without further debate upon the question, shall request the members voting in the affirmative and negative respectively to so indicate, and the presiding officer shall declare the result.

B. The vote upon all matters considered by the assembly shall be taken by “yes” or “no” votes which shall be entered upon the record, except that when the vote is unanimous, it shall be necessary only to so state.

C. Each member who shall be present when a question is put, where the member is not disqualified by personal interest, shall vote, unless the presiding officer for special reason excuses the member. Applications to be so excused must be made before the vote, and shall be decided without debate. The assembly may overrule the presiding officer’s decision by majority vote.

D. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, in all cases where a super majority is not required, and when no motion is before the assembly, the presiding officer may, in lieu of calling for or awaiting a motion to be made, put the question in the following form: “Without objection, it will be so ordered.” If no objection is heard, the presiding officer shall announce: “It is so ordered,” which will have the same effect as if a motion to that effect had been made and voted upon favorably. If a single objection is reasonably expressed when the question is put, the presiding officer shall not proceed further under this subsection, but instead shall call for a motion, which motion shall be handled in the regular manner.