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A voter ranks candidates in order of preference, additionally giving approval points to some or all of those ranked, using a ballot like the following:
A voter ranks candidates in order of preference, additionally giving approval points to some or all of those ranked, using a ballot like the following:
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<pre>
|<-- Approved -->|
+-----------------------+---------------+
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
|<-- Favorite Least Preferred -->|
+-----------------------+---------------+

X1 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
|<-- Approved -->| Not Approved |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

X2 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

X3 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
X1 | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
| | | | | |

X3 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
X2 | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
| | | | | |
X3 | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
| | | | | |
X3 | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
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On this ballot,
On this ballot,
# Candidates ranked at 1st through 4th choice get 1 approval point each.
# Candidates ranked at 1st through 3rd choice get 1 approval point each.
# Candidates ranked fifth, sixth, seventh and ungraded receive no approval points.
# Candidates ranked fourth, fifth and unranked receive no approval points.
# A higher-ranked candidate is given one vote in each of its head-to-head contests with lower-ranked candidates.
# A higher-ranked candidate is given one vote in each of its head-to-head contests with lower-ranked candidates. In particular, all explicitly ranked candidates are given 1 vote in each of their contests with unranked candidates.


=== Tallying Votes ===
=== Tallying Votes ===