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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 Ballot format ===
The goal of RPAV single-winner is to emulate a general ranking with an explicit approval cutoff
To de-emphasize *rating*, even though it could be considered equivalent to a score ballot, the RPAV ballot is set up as N ranked *tiers*. The terminology *tier* is chosen because a rank level is not exclusive --- more than one candidate can be ranked on a tier level --- and it is not necessary to rank a candidate on each tier. The default number of tiers is 6, which lets voters put an explicit approval cutoff somewhere in 3 ranking levels, an adequate level of resolution for most public elections.
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