Approval voting is: • easier to participate in than IRV (IRV means lots of spoiled ballots) • easier to understand the overall behaviour of (with IRV, the ove

Approval voting is: • easier to participate in than IRV (IRV means lots of spoiled ballots) • easier to understand the overall behaviour of (with IRV, the overall behaviour of the system is nearly incomprehensible) • cheaper to implement than IRV (you can even keep using existing paper ballots!) • able to eliminate the spoiler effect, which IRV does not • able to reveal a reasonable measure of total support for each candidate (e.g. for analysis and news reporting), which IRV cannot Ranked ballots also introduce bias. IRV means 5–10% spoiled ballots instead of ~1%, and guess where those spoiled ballots are? Disproportionately in poorer communities: https://www.yes2repeal.org/spoiled-ballots https://www.yes2repeal.org/spoiled-ballots For single-winner elections, approval is an excellent method, and in my opinion the best way to escape dysfunctional two-party control.