There seemed to be a lot of confusion about the Aye and Nay question
system. It is a Yes or No question... as such, you can't say :

"How many people like Chicken?... <ayes> How many people like ice
cream?...<ayes?nays?>"

You would have to introduce that as a Yay and Yay question.

Similarly - to make choosing a victor, you can't have aying and naying
simultaneously - because it is not possible to compare the groups.
Further more, the system fails if people don't maintain the same
volume - regardless of how much they love ice cream.

They would have to express that with intonation, and anything from
chirpy-optimism to cynical-irony and all the subtle shades in between
- at the same volume.

May I hear the Ayes for chicken?? <aye> And the Nays? <nay>

Ok. 5pm
I can go home now.
By all you wonderful people!

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