Approval voting is a single-winner voting system used for elections.

Approval voting treats each candidate as an essentially separate question, " Do you approve of this person for the job?

Approval voting can also be compared to plurality voting, without the rule that discards ballots which vote for more than one candidate.

Approval voting ballots show, for each office being contested, a list of the candidates running for that seat.

Approval voting has been adopted by the Mathematical Association of America ( 1986 ), the Institute of Management Sciences ( 1987 ) ( now the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences ), the American Statistical Association ( 1987 ), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( 1987 ).

Approval of Ethernet on the international level was achieved by a similar, cross-partisan action with Fromm as liaison officer working to integrate International Electrotechnical Commission, TC83 and International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) TC97SC6, and the ISO / IEEE 802 / 3 standard was approved in 1984.

Approval is still needed for the closure of the A344 and two nearby byways, which are popular with off-road enthusiasts whose objections may further jeopardise the scheme.

A correct delimiter is required for a news posting program to receive the Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval.

The League also condemned the 1953 comedy The Moon Is Blue, based on a Broadway play which did not inspire mass protests, for its use of the words " virgin " and " pregnant ", and the film was notably released without the Production Code Seal of Approval.

Approval authority, standards, and guidance for the design, installation, and maintenance for PDS are provided by NSTISSI 7003 to U. S. government departments and agencies and their contractors and vendors.

GMS received its first part certification in July 2007, when the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) granted Parts Manufacturing Approval ( PMA ) certification for the GMS high pressure turbine ( HPT ) shroud for the CFM56-3 engine.

The current test for this is Individual Vehicle Approval ( IVA ), which has replaced Single Vehicle Approval ( SVA ).

Approval for the marriage was granted by the Dutch parliament ( necessary by law for the Prince of Orange to remain heir to the throne ), but Máxima's father chose not to attend the wedding.

Approval did not come until 1898, at which time it was suggested that a steel tower be built for $ 70, 000.

In 1959, Hormel was the first meatpacker to receive the Seal of Approval of the American Humane Society for its practice of anesthetizing animals before slaughter.

* ARAD, an acronym for " After Receipt of Approval ( or Approved ) Drawings representing a milestone in the process of procuring engineered equipment

It passes the Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval 2. 0 set of standards for newsreaders.

Approval for the revised National DTT plan and the new Saorsat satellite service was announced by the Minister for Communications at the end of July 2010.

Approval for the Elise, however, required intervention by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) who provided a three-year exemption for the car, as it had failed to meet US bumper and headlight regulations.

" Approval from Louis arrived on 27 June: Tallard was to reinforce Marsin and the Elector on the Danube via the Black Forest, with 40 battalions and 50 squadrons ; Villeroi was to pin down the Allies defending the Lines of Stollhofen, or, if the Allies should move all their forces to the Danube, he was to join with Marshal Tallard ; and General de Coignies with 8, 000 men, would protect Alsace.

He got the Approval from the Al Azhar in Egypt but was rejected by Muslim World League in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Approval was finally received from the Pope in 1384 and the University of Vienna was granted the status of a full university, including the Faculty of Catholic Theology.

Approval of the act, which was amended in 1980 and 1992, represented the first time the United States had a broad-based historic preservation policy.

Until the publication of Part 60, qualification was called certification, and QTGs were called Approval Test Guides ( ATGs ).

Development was virtually complete in 1976 when new Type Approval regulations were introduced.

The Skyline GT-R was never manufactured outside of Japan, and the sole export markets were Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, in 1991, and the UK ( in 1997, thanks to the Single Vehicle Approval scheme ) as used Japanese imports.

Approval for the platforms, at an estimated cost of £ 200 million, was announced in July 2012.

Though the film was not released nationwide, Lisa's first endeavor as producer earned strong accolades and various awards, including, The Austin Film Festival Audience Award for Best Family Film, The Heartland Film Festival Family Movie Event Selection, The International Family Film Festival Best Film, The Parents Television Council Seal of Approval, The Dove Foundation Seal of Approval and a rave review from The Daily Variety.

In 2009 the town's rugby club was the first club to be awarded the RFU Whole Club Seal of Approval in the East Midlands.

Approval was granted by the Ministry of Trade in the year 1999 to set up the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and this was by Gazette Notification

In February 2008, TBN was awarded the Parents Television Council Entertainment Seal of Approval for its entire network.

Approval was given by the general assemblies on 4 June 2006.

Approval by the Riigikogu, which by law must decide within 14 days of his nomination, came on 12 April 2005.

" Design by Deception: The Politics of Megaproject Approval.

Approval is determined by at least 50 % + 1 of the membership voting approval.

In the chapel, Ghirlandaio painted six scenes from the life of Saint Francis, including Saint Francis obtaining from Pope Honorius the Approval of the Rules of His Order, the saint's Death and Obsequies and a Resuscitation by the interposition of the beatified Francis of a child of the Spini family, who had died as a result of a fall from a window.

Approval by an IRB, or ethics board, is necessary before all but the most informal medical research can begin.

Approval of the sale by the league and transfer of ownership should occur by the end of July 2011.

In the UK, the vehicles can be obtained as kits or entirely assembled by Caterham and registered for the road under SVA ( Single Vehicle Approval ) regulations.

When the Approval Draft came out on September 1, 2006, 7500 copies were distributed ( 4493 copies were mailed and 3009 copies were electronic copies downloaded by members ).

* Approval by Pope John XXIII on 16 March 1962

Permission to put a subject under surveillance is granted by the Target Approval and Review Committee.

* 1902 Approval of the election of the Principal by the teaching staff.

# Approval of " reserved matters " Seeking permission for those aspects that were not dealt with in an outline planning permission, or seeking approval of aspects of a development which were reserved by a planning condition in an earlier grant of full planning permission.

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