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Ranked Preference Approval Voting (RPAV) is a general term used to describe voting methods with approval inferred from a ranked ballot (equal ranking and ranking-gaps allowed), but is used specifically for two different single-winner methods and one multiwinner [[proportional representation]] method.

=== Single Winner RPAV methods ===

==== Top Three Tournament ====
RPAV-T3: Ranked preference approval ballot (score 5 = Most Approved, score 4 = Approved, score 3 = Slightly Approved, score 2 = Slightly Disapproved Compromise, score 1 = Disapproved Compromise, score 0 = Strongly Disapproved and Rejected [or blank]).

Count candidate scores of 3-5 as approved, 0-2 as disapproved. Sort the candidates in descending order of approval, and take the top three approved candidates. Use rankings inferred from ratings to form a pairwise matrix for those three candidates. The pairwise winner of the highest approved candidate versus the pairwise winner between the second and third most approved candidates wins the election.

==== Smith//Approval ====
RPAV-Smith-Approval: Same ballot as RPAV-T3. Winner is the highest approved member of the Smith set.  For three candidates, the winner of RPAV-T3 is the same as the winner of RPAV-Smith-Approval.