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# '''Voters Prefer, Accept, or Reject each candidate.''' On ballots which don't explicitly use "Reject", or for candidates with less than 25% "Prefer", blanks count as "Reject"; otherwise, blanks count as "Accept".
# '''Voters Prefer, Accept, or Reject each candidate.''' On ballots which don't explicitly use "Reject", or for candidates with less than 25% "Prefer", blanks count as "Reject"; otherwise, blanks count as "Accept".
# '''Of the candidates with no more than 50% "Reject", the one with most "Prefer"s is called the frontrunner.'''
# '''Each "Prefer" is worth 1 point.'''
# Each "prefer" is worth 1 point. Each "accept" on a ballot which doesn't "Prefer" the frontrunner is also worth 1 point. If that doesn't leave the frontrunner with more points, add points for "accept" from the rest of the ballots (the ones that don't "Prefer" the frontrunner). '''Most points wins.'''
# Of the candidates (if any) with no more than 50% "Reject", the one with most points is called the frontrunner. '''Add 1 point for each "Accept" on a ballot which doesn't "Prefer" the frontrunner.'''
# If the frontrunner changes, re-tally step 3. (This will happen at most once.) '''Most points wins.'''


Note that the procedure above will always elect a candidate that's both viable and acceptable, if any exist. It will usually, but not always, elect the "leader" as defined above. Each candidate's score at the end can be seen as an approval total.
Note that the procedure above will always elect a candidate with no more than 50% "Reject", if any exist. Each candidate's score at the end can be seen as an approval total, and is thus suitable for combining with approval totals from other jurisdictions in a system like the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.


A related system which passes [[FBC]] is [[FBPPAR]]. This has the same steps, except that voters can choose to mark any of their "preferred" candidates as "stand aside". "Stand aside" preferences are counted as rejections when finding the leader, but as preference when assigning points.
A related system which passes [[FBC]] is [[FBPPAR]]. This has the same steps, except that voters can choose to mark any of their "preferred" candidates as "stand aside". "Stand aside" preferences are counted as rejections when finding the leader, but as preference when assigning points.
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