* Approval voting, a non-ranking system

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 be considered a form of range voting, with the range restricted to two values, 0 and 1, or a form of Majority Judgment, with the grades restricted to " Good " and " Poor ".

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 can be considered to be range voting with only two levels: approved ( 1 ) and disapproved ( 0 ).

Some methods, like Approval voting, requests information than can't be unambiguously inferred from a single set of ordinal preferences.

The same problem exists in Approval voting, where one has to make assumptions as to how the voters will place their approval cutoffs.

Approval voting can also reduce the impact of the " spoiler effect ".

Approval voting uses such multiple votes.

* Approval voting, a voting system

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

Approval voting reduces the vote-splitting effect compared to plurality voting, but vote splitting still occurs because the full preferences of voters are not collected.

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* Approval voting

Approval voting is a system in which the voter can approve of ( or vote for ) any number of candidates on a ballot.

Note that this failure of Approval depends upon a particular generalization of the Condorcet criterion, which may not be accepted by all voting theorists.

As per the American Dental Association, regular brushing and proper flossing are enough in most cases although the ADA has placed its Seal of Approval on many mouthwashes containing alcohol ( in addition to regular dental check-ups ).

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

Once this document, called a Qualification Approval Guide ( QAG ), has been approved, all future devices conforming to the QAG are automatically approved and individual evaluation is neither required nor available.

The club, which holds Club Mark and RFU Seal of Approval accreditations, has an active mini and junior section with over 250 young people aged 5 – 18 taking part every Sunday.

The International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee ( ILSAC ) also has standards for motor oil.

Based on 123 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 70 % Approval Rating ( Fresh ) with the consensus as " a tight blend of surprises and suspense keeps audiences spellbound ".

It has worked to get the Armed Forces ( Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict ) Bill passed through Parliament in cooperation with Clare Short.

AUQA has identified this as an issue of potential future concern in regard to the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes.

Although a formal degree in meteorology was not a requirement to obtain the original Seal of Approval, either appropriate military training or the minimal requirements of undergraduate meteorology courses, including at least 20 semester college credits appropriate for a meteorology major, must have been taken before applying ( ensuring that the forecaster has at least a minimal required education in the field ).

A company holding Production Organisation Approval ( POA ), has the approval to build and certify aircraft parts when a DOA POA agreement is in place.

A part built for an aircraft can be certificated with an EASA Form One as approved for a particular aircraft type once it has been installed as prototype to an aircraft and has been certificated by a Design Organisation with a Minor Change Approval, a Supplemental Type Certificate ( STC ) or a Type Certificate ( TC ).

Approval of the purchase on October 22, 2009 by the regulatory body, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ), has been granted, and it was stated to be in the public's interest.

Approval of the pilot experience has led to the expansion of the program to include an additional canton and Swiss living abroad.

According to the website of Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “ Mount Mary College has expanded its art therapy program to include a professional doctorate degree, announced President Eileen Schwalbach, Ph. D. Approval for the doctorate in art therapy was received April 25, 2011, from the North Central region's Higher Learning Commission ( HLC ).

Approval has been given for both multiple-subject and single-subject credential programs.

Approval voting is not a ranked voting method, whereas the majority criterion has been created for ranked voting methods.

August 2011: Approval has been received by Hamilton International Airport to extent its runway up to 3, 000 metres long as same size as secondary airports in other parts of the world, such as the Gold Coast.

Reading Rugby Club also has the highest level of RFU accreditation with the RFU Whole Club Seal of Approval award on top of its Mini / Midi Seal of Approval Level 3, along with Club Mark and Sport England.

Rush-Copley has earned the Gold Seal of Approval ™ from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers.

· The Center for Joint Reconstruction and Replacement at Rush-Copley has earned the Gold Seal of Approval ™ for healthcare quality from The Joint Commission.

Since 2000, the employees and assets of the former administrative regions have been organized into the Aufsichts-und Dienstleistungsdirektion Trier ( Supervisory and Service Directorate Trier ) and the Struktur-und Genehmigungsdirektionen ( Structural and Approval Directorates ) Nord in Koblenz and Süd in Neustadt ( Weinstraße ).

Because 50 22Bs had already been imported privately into the UK, Subaru had to wait until 1999 to register the 16 officially imported cars under the VCA's Single Vehicle Approval scheme.

In 1953 the American company Gorton-Pew Fisheries, now known as Gorton's, had been the first company to introduce a frozen ready-to-cook fish finger, named Gorton ’ s Fish Sticks, which won the Parents Magazine Seal of Approval.

In the United Kingdom, vehicles must pass the Single Vehicle Approval ( SVA ) scheme, a pre-registration inspection for cars and light goods vehicles that have not been type-approved to British or European standards.

As of February 2007, more than 1, 600 Seals of Approval had been granted, of which more than 700 are considered " active.

As of February 2007, nearly 200 CBM seals had been awarded to broadcast weather forecasters, either upgraded from the original Seal of Approval or granted to new applicants.

Crouch and the Trinity Broadcasting Network have been the recipients of numerous awards and citations of appreciation by both local and national leaders including the Golden Angel award from the Excellence in Media organization and the Parents Television Council Entertainment Seal of Approval, given to both the TBN and Smile of a Child networks for producing and promoting programming that reflects their values.