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'''Approval Methods''' are [[voting methods]] that require each voter to separate alternatives in a given election into two complimentary sets, A and -A. Whichever alternative occurs the most (or least) in A sets of voters wins the election.* Such voting methods are called approval methods because they are all very similar to the most famous example of this type of voting, namely [[approval
== Methods ==
Other examples of approval methods include [[acceptability voting]], [[consensus voting]], [[disapproval voting]], [[happiness voting]], and [[utilitarian voting]].
== Goals ==
The goals of different approval methods vary. For example, [[consensus voting]] seeks to elect the alternative that the greatest number of voters express the desire to form a consensus around. [[Happiness voting]] seeks to maximize the number of voters who are happy with the result of the election.
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Similarly, one might get different results in the same election depending on whether or not acceptability, or approval, or consensus, or disapproval, or any other approval method is used.
== Footnotes ==
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▲* An "A set" consists of the alternatives that have the trait that is requested in the election. For example, in approval voting, voters are asked which alternatives they approve. Thus, the A set contains approved alternatives. In disapproval voting, voters are asked which alternatives they disapproved, thus the A set contains disapproved alternatives.
[[Category:Approval methods]]
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