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3) If a given voter is indifferent between x and y, and approves x, then she must approve y.
4) If a given voter is indifferent between x and y, and does not approve x, then she must not approve y. {{Clarify|reason=This
Note that these same restrictions can be applied to [[rated ballot]]<nowiki/>s or fractional/weighted approval thresholds i.e. a voter who prefers one candidate more than or equally to another must give the first candidate at least as high a score or degree of support as the second. The [[KP transform]] can be used to model this in terms of Approval ballots.
He are some expressions of preference-approvals and translations into natural language:
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There are 2, 8, 44, 308, ... different preference-approvals for 1, 2, 3, 4, ... candidates (Sloan's [http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A005649 A005649]).
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==Total preference order==
A [[total preference order]] is a complete [[preference-approval]]. In other words, it is a preference-approval that contains all alternatives competing in a given election.
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