If ballots are ordinal with approval cutoffs, and alternative A pareto dominates alternative B, then B cannot have more approval than A. If B has approval equal to A's, then the tie should be broken by random ballot. In that case alternative A will beat B, since A is ranked higher than B on every ballot. Therefore, this version of Approval satisfies Pareto. Forest
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