Similarities Between Star Voting and Balanced Approval Voting
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Star voting has had some popularity in recent years, apparently because of its good performance in some simulations. ----Both star voting and BAV are closely related to score voting, but beyond that they have many differences. This article examines those differences and this provides a platform for reviewing the important features of BAV that make it such an attractive voting system.