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This page lists three sets of rules
* "Maximum approval top-two" or "MATT" is an approval-based primary where voters use an [[W:approval voting|approval voting]] ballot to select which candidates would be acceptable to advance to the general election. The maximum approval top-two method then selects no more than two candidates to advance to a general election.
* "Majority approval filter" or "MAF" is an approval-based primary election method that advances all candidates who are approved by a majority of the electorate, as well as often selecting one or more opposition candidates.
* St. Louis method - this is the method adopted by the city of St. Louis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stlapproves.org/s/PETITION.pdf|title=PETITION FOR PROPOSITION D|last=STL Approves|first=|date=|website=STL Approves|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
== History ==
In 2018, [[User:RobLa]] led discussions about "[[MATT]]" and "[[MAF]]" on the [[election-methods mailing list]]. They led to the creation of the "[[Maximum approval top-two]]" and the "[[Majority approval filter]]" pages here on [[electowiki]].
* "Maximum approval top-two" or "MATT" is an approval-based primary where voters use an [[W:approval voting|approval voting]] ballot to select which candidates would be acceptable to advance to the general election. The maximum approval top-two method then selects no more than two candidates to advance to a general election.
* "Majority approval filter" or "MAF" is an approval-based primary election method that advances all candidates who are approved by a majority of the electorate, as well as often selecting one or more opposition candidates.
Neither MATT nor MAF took the world by storm. A grassroots effort organized by "[[STL Approves]]" was able to get St. Louis to switch to approval voting in the primary.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schlinkmann|first=Jesse Bogan, Mark|title=The next mayor of St. Louis faces big challenges — and high expectations|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/the-next-mayor-of-st-louis-faces-big-challenges-and-high-expectations/article_8bd547ee-9188-5c5c-8332-757073a32dbe.html|access-date=2021-02-04|website=STLtoday.com|language=en}}</ref> This third method is called the "St. Louis method" (for purposes of this wiki page).
== Rules ==
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