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Andy<br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> Message: 1<br>> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 13:59:37 -0700<br>> From: Andy Jennings <elections@jenningsstory.com><br>> To: Election Methods <election-methods@electorama.com><br>> Subject: [EM] Approval ballots. Two to elect. Best method?<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CA+Df2tz_G3t0CsFSBbC-ZzU6-y3rQxz4n2hWa0v_6pr9nBjg-g@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><o:p></o:p></span> </p><font face="Times New Roman">
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> Specifically, I'm worried that in practically every approval-ballot PR<br>
> method, if there is a candidate you really like, but are sure that she can<br>
> get elected without your vote, you gain an advantage by not approving<br>
> them. Is there any method that minimizes that incentive?<br>
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> ~ Andy<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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(APR) solves this problem by giving each elected member of the legislative
assembly a “weighted vote” exactly equal to the number of voters who helped to
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