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:<blockquote>Hold a primary election with an Approval Voting-style ballot, providing motivation for all candidates to achieve the highest approval rating, and resulting in a general election Ballot Satisfaction Score of at least 75%. The "Ballot Satisfaction Score" is the percentage of the electorate which approves of at least one candidate on a given ballot.</blockquote> |
:<blockquote>Hold a primary election with an Approval Voting-style ballot, providing motivation for all candidates to achieve the highest approval rating, and resulting in a general election Ballot Satisfaction Score of at least 75%. The "Ballot Satisfaction Score" is the percentage of the electorate which approves of at least one candidate on a given ballot.</blockquote> |
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:Candidates advancing to the general election must qualify for one of the following "Pools": |
:Candidates advancing to the general election must qualify for one of the following "Pools". Candidates that don't qualify for one of the Pools below are "Non-advanced Candidates". By default, all candidates are Non-advanced Candidates until they qualify for one of these Pools: |
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:* "Supermajority Candidate Pool" - all candidates who receive greater than 75% approval |
:* "Supermajority Candidate Pool" - all candidates who receive greater than 75% approval |
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:* "Plurality Candidate Pool" - all candidates who receive greater than 50% approval, but do not qualify for the Supermajority Candidate Pool. If no candidate receives greater than 50% approval, this pool |
:* "Plurality Candidate Pool" - all candidates who receive greater than 50% approval, but do not qualify for the Supermajority Candidate Pool. If no candidate receives greater than 50% approval, this pool will contain one candidate with less than 50% approval. |
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:* "Opposition Candidate Pool" - a subset of candidates who receive greater than 40% approval, but do not qualify for the Plurality Candidate Pool |
:* "Opposition Candidate Pool" - a subset of candidates who receive greater than 40% approval, but do not qualify for the Plurality Candidate Pool |
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:Candidates that don't qualify for one of the above pools are "Non-advanced Candidates". By default, all candidates are Non-advanced Candidates until they qualify for one of the above Pools. |
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:# Select the candidate who receives the highest approval rating. This is the "Top Candidate" and automatically qualifies for the general election ballot by one of the following rules: |
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:#* 1a. If the Top Candidate receives greater than 75% approval, add this candidate to the Supermajority Candidate Pool. |
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:#* 1b. If the Top Candidate receives less than 75% approval, add this candidate to the Plurality Candidate Pool. |
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:# Complete the Supermajority Candidate Pool and the Plurality Candidate Pool using the following rules: |
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:#*2a. Add any Non-advanced Candidates with greater than 75% approval to the Supermajority Candidate Pool |
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:#*2b. Add any Non-advanced Candidates with less than 75% approval, but greater than 50% approval to the Plurality Candidate Pool |
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:#Evaluate the Ballot Satisfaction Score (defined above) using the following rules: |
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:#If there is more than one candidate in the Plurality Candidate Pool, attempt to add an equal number qualified candidates to the Opposition Candidate Pool, evaluating each Non-advanced Candidate using the following steps |
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:#*3b. If the Ballot Satisfaction Score is less than 75%, proceed to step 4. |
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:#If there is one or more candidates in the Plurality Candidate Pool, attempt to add an equal number qualified candidates to the Opposition Candidate Pool, evaluating each Non-advanced Candidate using the following steps |
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:#*4a. Find the Non-advanced Candidate with the highest approval score. |
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:#**If this candidate has greater than 40% approval, add this candidate to the Opposition Candidate Pool, then proceed to step 4b. |
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:#*4b. Compare the size of the Plurality Candidate Pool and the Opposition Candidate Pool |
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:#**If the Plurality Candidate Pool has more candidates than the Opposition Candidate Pool, skip back to step 3. |
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:#**If the Opposition Candidate Pool contains an equal number of candidates to the Plurality Candidate Pool, proceed to step 5. |
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:#Candidate selection is complete. Advance all candidates in the Supermajority Candidate Pool, the Plurality Candidate Pool, and the Opposition Candidate Pool to the general election. |
:#Candidate selection is complete. Advance all candidates in the Supermajority Candidate Pool, the Plurality Candidate Pool, and the Opposition Candidate Pool to the general election. |
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