approve v
1. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove]
2. judge to be right or commendable; think well of [ant: disapprove]

Approve \Ap*prove"\ ([a^]p*pr[=oo]v"), v. t. [OF. aprouer; a (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.] (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved; p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.]
1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.] Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. --Milton.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. --Parkman.
3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. --Rogers. Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. --Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. --W. Black.

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Approval voting is a single-winner voting system used for elections. Each voter may vote for (approve of) as many of the candidates as they wish. The winner is the candidate receiving the most votes. Each voter may vote for any combination of candidates and may give each candidate at most one vote.

The system was described in 1976 by Guy Ottewell

Approval voting can be considered a form of range voting, with the range restricted to two values, 0 and 1. Approval voting can also be compared to plurality voting, without the rule that discards ballots which vote for more or less than one candidate.

Ballots which mark every candidate the same (whether yes or no) have no effect on the outcome of the election. Each ballot can therefore be viewed as a small "delta" which separates two groups of candidates, or a single-pair of ranks (e.g. if a ballot indicates that A & C are approved and B & D are not, the ballot can be considered to convey the ranking ).

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