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=== The Ballot ===
Voters rank their preferred candidates, from favorite to least preferred, and may optionally specify an '''Approval
A [[Graded Ballot]] ballot implementation would infer the ordinal ranking from the
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A B C D F + / -
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X3 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
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Lowest ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Passing
Grade
("C
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A voter may give the same grade (rank) to more than one candidate. Ungraded candidates are graded (ranked) below all graded candidates.
Any candidate at the Lowest Passing Grade or higher is given one Approval vote. Unless explicitly changed, the Lowest Passing Grade is
No Approval votes are given to ungraded candidates or candidates graded below the Lowest Passing Grade (i.e., C- and lower, by default).
Grades assigned to non-passing (disapproved) candidates help determine which of them will win if the voter's approved candidates do not win.
Adding a plus or minus to a candidate's grade is optional, but
99% of the time, there should be no need to change the LPG -- with
Setting the default LPG at C instead of C-minus allows an indecisive voter to be hesitant about granting approval by initially filling in a grade of C. If after reconsideration the voter decides to disapprove the candidate, the minus can then be checked.
Having an LPG option may be useful as a last resort --- it allows a voter to move the cutoff higher or lower after entering grades if the voter makes a mistake. But it is not necessary to have an LPG option in a first public proposal.
==== Discussion ====
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