[EM] Pairwise Approval Voting

[Russ Paielli]

Paul Kislanko kislanko-at-airmail.net |EMlist| wrote:
> It "feels like" at first touch Proportional approval. But here's the
> thing...
> 
> You use the term "pairwise matrix" with cells = 0 or 1 depending upon
> whether the alternative is approved or not. But the approval status is by
> voter (= by ballot), so are you suggesting a pairwise matrix for each
> ballot? That seems unnecessary.

Yes. In any pairwise ordinal method, each ballot maps to a unique 
pairwise matrix. The pairwise matrices for all ballots are summed to 
obtain the overall pairwise matrix.

--Russ