Democracy Chronicles, at http://www.democracychronicles.com, now has an automated Approval balloting, , on party platforms, on the front page, in the margin.
As with the rank-balloting poll, conducted in the "comments" space of the article that announces the rank-balloting poll, the Approval poll has four "candidates": (listed in alphabetical order) Democrat Green Libertarian Republican As with the rank-balloting poll, the poll is about _platforms_. Voters are encouraged to look at a few platforms, all of which are linked to, from links near the ballot. Though write-ins are allowed in the rank-balloting poll (in which voters write their rankings in the comments-space, write-ins aren't feasible for the automated Approval balloting in the margin of the front-page. Though it's an Approval balloting, so that anyone who approves a compromise can always also approve hir favorite, voters are encouraged to only approve their favorite. Michael Ossipoff
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