Chapter 3
VOTING
Article 188
1. The Marshal of the Sejm shall, upon the closure of the discussion, announce that the Sejm shall proceed to vote. After such point in time, a person may speak only in order to raise or justify a point of order relating to the manner or order of the vote, and only prior to the point in time when the Marshal calls upon Deputies to vote.
2. Voting shall be overt and taken:
1) by show of hands, simultaneously with the use of the voting machine;
2) by use of voting cards with the Deputy's first and last name signed thereon (vote by roll call).
3. In the event that taking of a vote by means of voting machine is impossible, the Marshal of the Sejm may order the vote to be taken by show of hands and the counting of votes cast to be done by secretaries.
4. A decision to take a vote by roll call shall be made by the Sejm, by majority vote, on a motion of the Marshal of the Sejm or a written motion supported by at least 30 Deputies. A vote by roll call shall be done by means of a ballot-box, prepared for this purpose; Deputies, named by a Secretary of the Sejm, shall - in alphabetical order - drop their voting cards into the ballot-box. The Marshal of the Sejm shall designate five secretaries of the Sejm to open the ballot-box and to count the votes cast.
5. Results of a vote shall be announced by the Marshal of the Sejm. Results of a vote by roll call shall be announced on the basis of minutes presented by the secretaries of the Sejm designated to count votes. The results of a vote shall be final and may not be subject to discussion, subject to Article 189.
Article 189
1. In the event that the result of a vote creates reasonable doubts, the Sejm may repeat the vote.
2. A motion to that effect may be moved exclusively at the sitting in which the vote was held.
3. The Sejm shall decide on the repetition of a vote on a written motion moved by at least 30 Deputies.
4. Results of a vote by roll call shall not be subject to repetition.
Article 190
The Sejm shall pass bills by a majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of Deputies, unless the Constitution provides otherwise. The same procedure shall apply to adoption of resolutions and other decisions, unless provisions of the Constitution, of statutes or the Standing Orders of the Sejm provide otherwise.