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Your vote is your voice. Make it powerful.

Your vote is your voice. Make it powerful.

Introducing a proven, yet simple, solution to repair our democracy that’s supported by over 70% of the public.

Introducing a proven, yet simple, solution to repair our democracy that’s supported by over 70% of the public.

Learn about Approval Voting

Learn about Approval Voting

Learn about Approval Voting

Approval Voting Explained

Select every candidate that you approve of.

All of the voters' approvals are tallied.

The candidate with the most approvals wins.

Approval Voting Explained

Select every candidate that you approve of.

All of the voters' approvals are tallied.

The candidate with the most approvals wins.

Approval Voting Explained

Select every candidate that you approve of.

All of the voters' approvals are tallied.

The candidate with the most approvals wins.

Vote Splitting

Explained

Vote splitting is a common feature of primary and general elections at every level of government.

The crowded field can influence the outcome by splitting majority support among candidates with similar ideological positions or similar backgrounds.

As a result, a politically dissimilar candidate wins an election with a small share of the vote.

Vote splitting can distort the will of the electorate and elect a less-preferred candidate who lacks a mandate from the voters.

Approval voting offers a battle tested method for avoiding vote splitting forever.

Learn About Approval Voting

Learn About Approval Voting

Vote Splitting

Explained

Vote splitting is a common feature of primary and general elections at every level of government.

The crowded field can influence the outcome by splitting majority support among candidates with similar ideological positions or similar backgrounds.

As a result, a politically dissimilar candidate wins an election with a small share of the vote.

Vote splitting can distort the will of the electorate and elect a less-preferred candidate who lacks a mandate from the voters.

Approval voting offers a battle tested method for avoiding vote splitting forever.

Learn About Approval Voting

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St. Louis Approves!

On election night, voters in St. Louis, MO, voted in a landslide to pass Prop D for Democracy, making it the second city in the US to implement approval voting for municipal elections. Approval voting allows citizens to vote for all the candidates they like, instead of choosing just one. Nearly 70% of St. Louis voters supported the proposition.

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We build broad nonpartisan coalitions, teaming up with legislators, political professionals, and community stakeholders to pass approval voting through the hall of legislature or at the ballot box.

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