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Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n... by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:10AM (#12846296)
Approval voting has nice theoretical properties and is simple as dirt to do by hand.
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Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n... by Houshalter on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @02:58PM (#12849055)
Approval voting is hugely vulnerable to tactile voting. Otherwise it seems OK.
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Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n... by ClayShentrup on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:32AM (#12897927)
Ludicrous. Bayesian Regret results for instance show Approval Voting doing quite well even with 100% strategic voting.

http://scorevoting.net/BayRegsFig.html

There is even a theorem that, under plausible models of voter strategy, Approval Voting will tend to elect Condorcet winners (i.e. candidates who beat all rivals by a head-to-head majority).

http://scorevoting.net/AppCW.html

Clay Shentrup Co-founder, The Center for Election Science

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