Thanks Secret...
Approval sounds like a great idea, actually...
The major advantages I can see are (from wikipedia)
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Unlike Instant Runoff Voting and other methods that require ranking candidates, Approval voting does not require significant changes in ballot design, voting procedures or equipment, and it is easier for voters to use and understand. This reduces problems with mismarked ballots, disputed results and recounts.
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After Florida in 2000, it is obvious why this is needed...I think everyone knows that the issues persist well beyond the borders of the state of Florida.
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Increasing options for voters, when compared with the common First-past-the-post system, could increase voter turnout
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Voter turnout in the the states is appaling. Anything that encourages people that their vote actually
does count is a good thing in my book. The fact that people thought that the election was over before the polls even closed in 2000 was very sad...this would eliminate this possibilty (and the possibility for exit polls, as I see it)
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It provides less incentive for negative campaigning than many other systems.
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amen!
In the case of Approval Voting, if there were multiple candidates within a certain threshold of each other, I would think that this should trigger an automatic run-off in order to dertermine the actual winner?
So, my question is, will the US
ever reform their voting procedures?
I think it will take at least another contested election (or maybe 3) before anything is ever done.
