I approve of approval voting.
The referendum question proposed by the Citizens' Assembly
should allow for several alternative voting methods. In particular,
it should include approval voting as candidate method for use in BC
elections. The CA referendum process should be also designed as an
approval vote since I'm sure that there may be more than one voting
method which would receive approval by many voters in BC. Approval
voting involves voting for all the candidates that you approve of.
The candidate with the most votes wins. It is not susceptible to
'strategic voting'. The candidate with the broadest approval base
wins (centrists not extremists get elected).
Generally, the candidate who won under approval voting did well
amongst voters who only voted for one candidate as well as those
who voted for more than one candidate. Approval voting is used by
several national and international societies in their election of
officers. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is selected
by approval voting.
The counting process is simple. Existing voting machines could be
easily modified to accomodate approval voting.
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