I've attended many meetings, the kind that go on interminably. A position is presented. Objections are raised. The position is refined. More objections are raised.
People seem to have more objections than bases for agreement.
The position is refined. Finally, after all of the reasonable objections have been met and consensus has been arrived at, you have the vote. In fact, sometimes you have a straw vote ahead of time so that no one will feel bad. They'll know that they really had a chance to convince people one way or the other. And hopefully, it's unanimous.