Mr. Carey wrote-- So the weight of a paper with 2 crosses would be multiplied by 0.5. A better solution _could be_ to discard the method or instruct that all the votes had to be used. *** What is you[r] objection to calculating a power of a paper and normalising the power of each person's vote. [?] STV has no such problem. --- D- I presume *paper* (N.Z.) = *ballot* (U.S.A.). Approval Voting is mainly for executive and judicial office elections. Currently, many areas in the U.S.A. have 2N nonpartisan primaries and N general elections. Example- 3 Judges to be elected. A voter is limited to voting for up to 3 candidates in the primary election (with the top 6 being nominated). A voter is limited to voting for up to 3 candidates in the general election (such that each of the 3 winners supposedly gets a majority vote). Approval Voting removes the need for any primary election. I have suggested that each winner for any such offices get a majority YES/Approval vote of all the voters. I fail to see how such system can be deemed anti- democratic. Mr. Carey can look on the internet for more Approval Voting websites to get more info.