Approval Voting for the ACM --------------------------- `Approval voting`_ is an alternate voting system that has many_ benefits_ `as compared to`_ `Instant Run-Off Voting`_. For years I've been running the on-line officer elections for the `local campus chapter`_ of the `Association of Computing Machinery`_. Last year I talked them into switching to approval voting (even though it probably violates their charter), and it worked really well. Their elections have kicked off again, and once again `I'm hosting them and using my voting script`_. .. _Approval voting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting .. _many: http://www.approvalvoting.com/ .. _benefits: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001168 .. _as compared to: http://electionmethods.org/IRVproblems.htm .. _Instant Run-Off Voting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting .. _local campus chapter: http://acm.cs.umn.edu/ .. _Association of Computing Machinery: http://acm.org/ .. _I'm hosting them and using my voting script: http://sarinity.com/ .. date: 1111384800 .. tags: ideas-built,software