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== History ==
== History ==
In 2018, [[User:RobLa]] led discussions about "[[MATT]]" and "[[MAF]]" on the [[election-methods mailing list]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2018-July/001844.html|title=[EM] A simpler approval based way of replacing the CA jungle primary|last=Lanphier|first=Rob|date=2018-07-18|website=lists.electorama.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@robla/replacing-the-jungle-primary-c1e844a5333b|title=Replacing the jungle primary|last=Lanphier|first=Rob|date=2018-11-25|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> They led to the creation of the "[[Maximum approval top-two]]" and the "[[Majority approval filter]]" pages here on [[electowiki]].
In 2018, [[User:RobLa]] led discussions about "[[MATT]]" and "[[MAF]]" on the [[election-methods mailing list]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2018-July/001844.html|title=[EM] A simpler approval based way of replacing the CA jungle primary|last=Lanphier|first=Rob|date=2018-07-18|website=lists.electorama.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@robla/replacing-the-jungle-primary-c1e844a5333b|title=Replacing the jungle primary|last=Lanphier|first=Rob|date=2018-11-25|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> They led to the creation of the "Maximum approval top-two" (or "[[User:RobLa/MATT]]") and the "Majority approval filter" (or "[[User:RobLa/MAF]]") 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-2020|title=Maximum approval top-two|url=https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:RobLa/Approval-based_primary_election_methods&action=history|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Electowiki|language=en|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live|authorlink=[[User:RobLa]] and others|authors=[[User:RobLa]] and other editors}}</ref>
* "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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-2020|title=Maximum approval top-two|url=https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:RobLa/Approval-based_primary_election_methods&action=history|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Electowiki|language=en|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live|authorlink=[[User:RobLa]] and others|authors=[[User:RobLa]] and other editors}}</ref>
* "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.
* "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.
Neither MATT nor MAF took the world by storm. By 2019, [[User:RobLa]] was too concerned with his work at [[robla:Internet Archive|Internet Archive]] to promote either MATT or MAF, so it withered.


Meanwhile, the [[The Center for Election Science|Center for Election Science]] helped the folks at [[STL Approves]] get off the ground in 2019. They were 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 method is called the "St. Louis method" on this wiki page and is described below.
Meanwhile, the [[The Center for Election Science|Center for Election Science]] helped the folks at [[STL Approves]] get off the ground in 2019. They were 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 method is called the "[[Approval-based primary election methods#St. Louis method|St. Louis method]]" as described on the "[[Approval-based primary election methods]]" page.

== Footnotes ==
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