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A voter ranks candidates in order of preference, additionally indicating approval cutoff, using a ballot like the following: |
A voter ranks candidates in order of preference, additionally indicating approval cutoff, using a ballot like the following: |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ |
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+-----------------------+---------------+ |
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│ RANKING │ |
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├───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┤ |
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+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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│ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ |
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────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ |
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------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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X1 |
X1 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X2 |
X2 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X3 |
X3 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X4 |
X4 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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DISAPPROVED |
DISAPPROVED │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ |
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------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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</pre> |
</pre> |
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As an example, say a voter ranked candidates as follows: |
As an example, say a voter ranked candidates as follows: |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ |
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+-----------------------+---------------+ |
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│ RANKING │ |
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├───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┤ |
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+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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│ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ |
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────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ |
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------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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X1 |
X1 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ (●) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X2 |
X2 │ (●) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X3 |
X3 │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ (●) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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X4 |
X4 │ ( ) │ (●) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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│ │ │ │ │ │ |
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DISAPPROVED |
DISAPPROVED │ ( ) │ ( ) │ (●) │ ( ) │ ( ) │ |
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────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ |
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------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |
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</pre> |
</pre> |
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We summarize this ballot as |
We summarize this ballot as |
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X2 > X4 >> X1 > X3 |
X2 > X4 >> X1 > X3 |
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where the ">>" indicates the approval cutoff |
where the ">>" indicates the approval cutoff — candidates to the right of that sign receive no approval votes. This ballot is counted as |
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X2 > X2 (approval point) |
X2 > X2 (approval point) |
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X2 > X4 |
X2 > X4 |