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Approval voting has better outcomes than RCV and is also easier to understand. Vote for as many options as you like, whoever gets the most votes wins. I wish t

• MichaelCollins 4y ago
  I agree that approval voting is easy to understand. Nevertheless approval voting may violate the perception of fairness in communities where the meme "one person, one vote" is entrenched as the standard of fairness.
• phkahler 4y ago
  That doesn't help a 3rd party candidate beat the 2 big party candidate. If I want the 3rd party guy but say either of the other 2 is acceptable, one of them will still win. If I refuse to put either of the big 2 as a selection, I'm "throwing away" my vote. IRV allows me to vote the 3rd option as my primary choice as a meaningful strategy.
  • fdsjgfklsfd 4y ago
    You've got this backwards. Under Approval Voting, it is always safe to vote honestly for your true favorite, which increases the visibility (and perception of electability) of third parties. Under IRV, it is not safe to put your honest favorite as your primary choice, or you risk creating a spoiler effect that helps the greater of two evils win.
• tunesmith 4y ago
  I tried unsuccessfully to get my HOA to adopt approval voting. Their current voting system has so many flaws that in this case approval voting almost "strictly dominates" their current system, with the only change being to "count all checkboxes" rather than "throw out ballots with too many checkboxes". The vote to adopt it failed, 4-3, partly because the HOA's lawyers (who have a vested interest in the old method) gave "legal advice" that it might not be legal, and party because one of the HOA members thought it "sounded weird".