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

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".