[EM] My summary of the recent discussion

[Jameson Quinn]

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> 2) Approval method and its strategies were once more discussed. My
> understanding is simply that Approval works quite fine as long as there are
> only one or two winnable candidates, but when there are three or more, the
> method pretty much fails
>

Fails compared to what? At its worst, approval is still better than
plurality; and depending on your voting model, it could be much better (for
instance, honest probabilistic approval is range, with great BR).

Jameson
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