card vote

British

noun

a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his constituents

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There were calls for a formal count - a so-called card vote - which would have delayed things by several hours.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2019

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