Applying the score voting examples to these approaches

Applying the score voting approaches to the example score voting systems

Four different parts of score voting have been compared with the different approaches that existed for that part. These comparisons focused on:

• Points allocation approaches

• Maximum proposal allocation approaches - These maximum proposal allocation approaches are only relevant to the points per decision points allocation approaches.

• Voting option approaches

• Victory condition approaches

These different approaches for score voting can be mixed and matched to create the different example score voting approaches that were listed in the voting approaches analysis. The score voting approach examples adopt the following approaches:

Name	Points allocation approach	Maximum proposal allocation approach	Voting option approach	Victory condition approach	Notes
Approval Voting	Single point per proposal	No maximum allocation	Approval option only	Total score
Disapproval Voting	Single point per proposal	No maximum allocation	Disapproval option only	Total score
Balanced Approval Voting	Single point per proposal	Not applicable	Approval & disapproval options	Total score	Approval scores minus disapproval scores generates the total score
Score Voting	Multiple points per proposal	Not applicable	Approval option only	Total score
Majority Judgement	Multiple points per proposal	No maximum allocation	Approval option only	Median score	Example voting options of Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor would be a 5 point system that names each option on the voting interface.
Spend Voting	Multiple points per decision	Not applicable	Approval option only	Total score
Average Voting	Multiple points per proposal	Not applicable	Approval option only	Average score
Median Voting	Multiple points per proposal	Not applicable	Approval option only	Median score
Cumulative Voting	Available positions single points per decision	No maximum allocation	Approval option only	Total score
Quadratic Voting	Multiple points per decision	Quadratic allocation	Approval option only	Total score	The cost of each additional vote for a proposal increases quadratically. This makes it less effective to consolidate points in one proposal.
Conviction Voting	Multiple points per decision	No maximum allocation	Approval option only	Total score	The duration of time that points have been allocated to a proposal will influence the final score they receive.
Weighted Voting	Multiple points per decision	No maximum allocation	Approval option only	Total score	Voting power is influenced by things like share options which gives larger shareholders more voting power in a decision.
STAR Voting	Multiple points per proposal	Not applicable	Approval option only	Total score	This approach also adds an automatic runoff process as well.