Hi Mike,
May I suggest that you also include a 3-slot ballot option? I.e.,
Preferred, Acceptable, Reject. You could call it a Fallback Approval
ballot if you like.
Many methods (e.g., most Condorcet methods, ER-Bucklin) that don't
meet the Participation criterion will do so when restricted to
3
I've long advocated that you can't adequately discuss the relative merits or
desirability of
voting systems without actually using them. ...without actually trying them
out. For that,
it's absolutely essential to do polling, simulated political elections, using
the methods that are
proposed a