[EM] How to vote cards for Approval?

[Bart Ingles]

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Bart Ingles wrote:
> 
> Gervase Lam wrote:
> >
> > > Someone mentioned Approval - I object for, while the math is easier to
> > > implement, the voter must invest almost as much effert as for Condorcet,
> > > yet is unable to indicate BEST LIKED.
> >
> > Could this effort be reduced by giving out how to vote cards?
> 
> It could if you ever had an actual election scenario which was complex
> enough to need them.  But I don't think I've ever had that experience in
> any election I've voted.
> 
> Even in the recent California recall election with 130-odd candidates,
> the voters seemed to know enough to cast a strategic vote for the
> Condorcet candidate.  Apparently there was enough publicity about
> McClintock being a potential spoiler to keep it from happening.
> 
> Ironic, isn't it, that the primary/general election--a process that
                      [2002 ^]

> approximated a two-round runoff system--succeeded in eliminating the
> Condorcet candidate (Riordan) at that time, thus creating a need for the
> recall?  While many voters had an inkling (or more than an inkling) that
> supporting Simon in the primary would result in Davis winning in
> November, the two-round system didn't leave anyone an "out".  How could
> you reasonably advise the leading candidate in the Republican primary to
> drop out, or convince voters that the front-runner was really the
> spoiler?
> 
> At least with the Plurality replacement election, the necessary strategy
> was obvious.  It would have been just as obvious, but less onerous,
> under Approval.
> 
> Bart
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