Participation & SARC

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

Mr. Ossipoff wrote

But, under the reasonable conditions where the best strategy in
Approval never includes skipping, voters in Approval can never
worsen their outcome compared to what it would be if they
hadn't voted.
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D--

3 AB
2 B
1 C

Using Approval-- B wins.  Using common sense- A wins with a first choice 
majority.

Making additional choices in Approval can obviously hurt earlier choices.

Plurality leads to Approval which leads to Condorcet which leads to summing 
place votes if there is no Condorcet winner (assuming any choice 
gets/deserves a YES majority vote for the single winner case).