[EM] 12/22/02 - Markus Schulze Wrote and Wrote again:

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Adam,

in my opinion, the used STV method should be able to interpret
X-vote ballots appropriately. But it should not require X-vote
ballots.

The problem with approval voting is that voters who don't have
enough information will approve either all potential winners or
no potential winner so that these voters will have no influence
on the result of the elections. When ranking ballots are being
used, then a voter can cast a meaningful ballot even when he
has no information about the opinions of the other voters.

Markus Schulze

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