Other Legislation of Interest

We also need to be alert for other possible openings for Approval Voting. For example, Approval Voting might be used for elections within state agencies, public boards or other entities. It is also conceivable that legislation specifically allowing Approval Voting for special elections might also be possible.

There is even the possibility of linking Approval Voting to voter rights. This is because recent studies indicate that allowing every voter an up or down vote on every candidate is the best way to give each voter an equal say in who wins. Of course this is exactly what Approval Voting does!

These studies deliberately ignore the effects of the electoral college and the fact that each state gets two senators as these two mechanisms were put in the Constitution to enhance the interests of smaller states relative to largr states. Approval Voting does nothing to address this purposely designed imbalance.

If you have an idea for getting Approval Voting used in public elections, please let us know. Also if you hear about the use of Approval Voting in any election, no matter how small, let us know about that as well.