Adam argued that in Approval elections the best strategy may not be to simply vote for all candidates whom you approve on a "gut level." In public elections this is certainly true.
On a small committee, however, there may be more incentive to vote for all candidates whom you approve on a "gut level". If during the deliberations and discussions of the committee you say "Well, so and so is a decent candidate. Not my favorite, but I'd be OK with him as our officer if that's what most other people want" and then you fail to vote for him, the people who appointed you to that committee (presumably fellow members of a religious congregations in Joe's example) may not look at you as somebody who can act with the best interests of the congregation in mind. Alex ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
