The president will ask if anyone objects to voting by show of hands.

He put pressure on the masters of fishing rooms and the fishermen working for him, who had to vote by a show of hands.

Some favored an election by show of hands, but others argued that, as this was a matter of such vital importance, the regular congregational methods of choice by secret ballot should be followed.

We never could have predicted that myself and Tuomas Holopainen would find ourselves on stage, alone, asking an audience of over 1,600 in Denver to vote by a show of hands on whether the band should perform or not.