Approval Voting

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Voting system
gptkbp:advocated_by gptkb:Center_for_Election_Science
gptkbp:allows Voters to select any number of candidates
gptkbp:canBe Multi-winner elections
Single-winner elections
gptkbp:category Multi-winner voting system
Non-ranked voting system
Single-winner voting system
gptkbp:compatibleWith Ranking of candidates
gptkbp:does_not_allow Ranking of preferences
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Approval Voting
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:19th_century_France
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Guy_Ottewell
gptkbp:reduces Spoiler effect
gptkbp:relatedTo Plurality voting
Range voting
Score voting
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Steven_Brams
gptkb:Peter_Fishburn
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:IEEE
gptkb:Mathematical_Association_of_America
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkb:politics
gptkb:Fargo,_North_Dakota
Some professional societies
gptkbp:winner Candidate with most approvals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Electoral_Systems
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5