Approval voting

Approval voting is a voting system used for elections, in which each voter can vote for as many or as few candidates as the voter chooses. It is typically used for single-winner elections, but can be extended to multiple winners. (However, multi-winner Approval voting does not return proportional results.) Approval voting is a limited form of range voting, where the range that voters are allowed to express is extremely constrained: accept or not.

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Voting system - Election - Proportional - Range voting

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It was advocated in 1968 and 1977 by Guy Ottewell. The term "Approval voting" was first coined by Robert J. Weber in 1976, but was fully devised in 1977 and published in 1978 by political scientist Steven Brams and mathematician Peter Fishburn. Historically, something resembling

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Guy Ottewell - Robert J. Weber - Steven Brams - Peter Fishburn

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Approval voting for candidates was used in the Republic of Venice during the 13th century and for elections in 19th century England. Also the UN uses a process similar to Approval Voting to elect the Secretary General.

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Republic of Venice - England

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