Summary
Approval voting is a single-winner voting method that allows voters to choose any number of candidates. The candidate chosen the most wins.
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It works by allowing voters to select many candidates instead of selecting only one candidate.
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The ballot looks the same as in first-past-the-post, but now, voters can fill in more than one circle.
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The measure implemented approval voting in local primary elections beginning in 2021. What approval voting looks like See also: Mayoral election in St. Louis, Missouri (March 2, 2021, top-two primary)…
Approval voting - Ballotpedia
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Approval voting allows voters to select all the candidates whom they consider to be reasonable choices. Strategic approval voting differs from ranked voting (aka preferential voting) methods where voters might…
Approval voting - Wikipedia
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It works just as it sounds: you vote for everyone you “approve” of. Your ballot looks exactly the same as it does in familiar first-past-the-post. A bunch of circles with names by them — but now, you can fill in more than one circle. That’s the only difference.
Approval Voting: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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